All Flesh Is Grass Plant-Animal Interrelationships /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Dubinsky, Zvy (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Seckbach, Joseph (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Σειρά: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, 16
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Ecology.; Ecosystems.; Plant ecology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Ecology.

This new book takes us through a journey from early life to modern agriculture. The thirty eight authors present current studies on the interrelation of plants-animals. This topic has always fascinated man, as evidenced even by the first chapters of Genesis. The world of aqueous and terrestrial faun...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction . [Seckbach, J.]
• List of authors and their addresses
• PART 1: EVOLUTION
• Evolution of Plant-Animal Interactions. [Chela-Flores, J., et al.]
• PART 2: INSECTS INTERACTIONS
• The Leaf Cutting Ant-Plant Interaction from a Microbial Ecology Perspective. [Abril A.]
• Intestinal Spirochetes of Termites. [König, H. and Dröge, S.]
• The Plant–Aphid Universe. [Iluz, D.]
• Insect—Plant Interactions: The Gall Factor. [Raman, A.]
• PART 3: POLLINATION AND SEED DISPERSAL
• Ants as Pollinators of Plants and the Role of Floral Scents. [Rostas, M. and Tautz, J.]
• Crop Pollination In Modern Agriculture.[Dag, A.]
• Bee Cognition and Crop Pollination: Proven and Potential Applications. [Shafir, S.]
• Zoochory – seed dispersal. [Iluz, D.]
• PART 4: ANIMALS AND HUMANS INVOLVEMENT
• Grazing Livestock, Our Connection To Grass: A Mediterra-Nean Insight: Why They Eat What They Eat, And How It Affects Us. [Landau, S.Y. and Molle, G.]
• Herbivore – Plant Interactions And Desertification In Arid Lands. [Whitford, W.G. and Steinberger, Y.]
• Microscopic in Size: Macroscopic in Impact. Diatom-Human Interactions. [Kociolek, J. P.]
• PART 5: PLANT DEFENSES
• Biochemical Plant Defenses Against Herbivores: From Poisons to Spices. [Smith, C. M.]
• The Xanthium Genus: Cocklebur Toxins Against Hostile Surroundings and Its Pharmacological Properties. [Seckbach, J]
• PART 6: MARINE ENVIRONMENTS
• The Diversity of Epizoic Diatoms: Relationships Between Diatoms and Marine Invertebrates. [Totti, et al.]
• Epizoic Diatoms on Gastropod Shells: When Substrate Complexity Selects for Microcommunity Complexity. [D’alelio, D. et al]
• Managing the Interactions Between Plants and Animals in Marine Multi-Trophic Aquaculture: Integrated Shrimp and Valuable Low Food Chain Organisms with Seaweeds. [Robledo, D. and Freile-Pelegrin, Y.]
• Marine Microralgae/Cyanobacteria–Invertebrate Symbiosis: Trading Energy for Strategic Material. [Stambler, N.]
• The Role of Rhodolith Beds in the Recruitment of Invertebrate Species: from the South-western Gulf of California, Mexico. Riosmena-Rodriguez, R. and Medina-Lopez M.A.]
• Fueled by symbiosis foraminifera have evolved to be giant complex protists.[Lee, J. J.]
• PART 7: CARNIVOROUS PLANTS
• Ecophysiological Look at Plant Carnivory: Why are Plants Carnivorous? [Adamec L.]
• Reversing the Roles of Predator and Prey: A Review of Carnivory in the Botanical World. [Rice, B.A.]
• PART 8: OUTLOOK AND SUMMARY
• Summary, Final Comments and Conclusions. [Dubinsky, Z. and Seckbach, J.]
• Organism Index
• Subject Index
• Author Index.