The Phytochemical Landscape by Mark D Hunter
The dazzling variation in plant chemistry is a primary mediator of trophic interactions, including herbivory, predation, parasitism, and disease. At the same time, such interactions feed back to influence spatial and temporal variation in the chemistry of plants. In this book, Mark Hunter provides a novel approach to linking the trophic interactions of organisms with the cycling of nutrients in ecosystems. Hunter introduces the concept of the "phytochemical landscape"--the shifting spatial and temporal mosaic of plant chemistry that serves as the nexus between trophic interactions and nutrient dynamics. He shows how plant chemistry is both a cause and consequence of trophic interactions, and how it also mediates ecosystem processes such as nutrient cycling. Nutrients and organic molecules in plant tissues affect decomposition rates and the fluxes of elements such as carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus. The availability of these same nutrients influences the chemistry of cells and tissues that plants produce. In combination, these feedback routes generate pathways by which trophic interactions influence nutrient dynamics and vice versa, mediated through plant chemistry. Hunter provides evidence from terrestrial and aquatic systems for each of these pathways, and describes how a focus on the phytochemical landscape enables us to better understand and manage the ecosystems in which we live. Essential reading for students and researchers alike, this book offers an integrated approach to population-, community-, and ecosystem-level ecological processes.-
The Ecological Detective
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Population and Community Ecology of Ontogenetic Development
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Theory of Island Biogeography
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Stability in Model Populations
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The Dynamics of Arthopod Predator-Prey Systems
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Evolutionary Biology of Parasites
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Consumer-Resource Dynamics
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Spatial Ecology
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Mechanistic Home Range Analysis
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Competition and the Structure of Bird Communities
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Group Selection in Predator-Prey Communities
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Adaptive Geometry of Trees
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The Functional Consequences of Biodiversity
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Cultural Transmission and Evolution
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Mate Choice in Plants
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Population Ecology of the Cooperatively Breeding Acorn Woodpecker
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Population Harvesting
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Adaptive Diversification
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Fitness Landscapes and the Origin of Species
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Food Webs and Niche Space
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Evolution in Changing Environments
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Modeling Populations of Adaptive Individuals
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Scaling in Ecology with a Model System
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Caste and Ecology in the Social Insects
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Theoretical Aspects of Population Genetics
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A Theory of Global Biodiversity
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The Population Biology of Tuberculosis
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Geographical Genetics
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The Theory of Sex Allocation
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Populations in a Seasonal Environment
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Theoretical Studies on Sex Ratio Evolution
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Some Adaptations of Marsh-Nesting Blackbirds
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Coexistence in Ecology
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Population Ecology of Individuals
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Ecology of Climate Change
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From Populations to Ecosystems
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Food Webs
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Sex and Evolution
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Natural Selection in the Wild
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Geographic Variation, Speciation and Clines
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Stability and Complexity in Model Ecosystems
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The Florida Scrub Jay
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Sex Allocation
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Social Butterflies
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Fish Ecology, Evolution, and Exploitation
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Genetic Structure and Selection in Subdivided Populations
"[Phytochemical Landscape] is written well, carefully documented, and adequately illustrated"--Choice
Mark D. Hunter is the Henry A. Gleason Collegiate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan. His books include Ecology of Insects: Concepts and Applications.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691158457 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691158452 |
| Title | The Phytochemical Landscape |
| Author | Mark D Hunter |
| Series | Monographs In Population Biology |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 2016-08-09 |
| Number of pages | 376 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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