Chemical Biology of the Tropics An Interdisciplinary Approach /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Vivanco, Jorge M. (Editor), Weir, Tiffany (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Edition: First.
• Series: Signaling and Communication in Plants, 8
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Plant biochemistry.; Plant ecology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Life Sciences.; Plant Biochemistry.; Plant Ecology.; Plant Sciences.

The mystique of the rainforest has captured the imaginations of generations of young people, explorers, authors, and biologists. It is a delicate ecosystem whose myriad sounds and smells, whose vibrancy of life, is balanced by constant cycles of death and decay. It is a place of fierce competition w...

Table of Contents:

• Biodiversity
• Chemical Ecology: Definition and Famous Examples
• Chemical Defenses of Insects: A Rich Resource for Chemical Biology in the Tropics
• Defensive Behaviors in Leaf Beetles: From the Unusual to the Weird
• Microbes: A New Frontier in Tropical Chemical Biology
• Out on a Limb - True Confessions of a Bug Detective
• So, You Want to do Research in the Rainforest?