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Book SynopsisNovel Aspects of Insect-Plant Interactions Edited by Pedro Barbosa and Deborah K. Letourneau Focusing on three trophic levels, this study widens the current understanding of the ecological interactions between plants, herbivores, and their parasitoids and predators. Emphasized are the mediating effects of plant-derived allelochemicals on those interactions. The book also covers microorganisms as mediators of intertrophic and intratrophic interactions; theory and mechanisms: plant effects via allelochemicals on the third trophic level; and key roles of plant allelochemicals in survival strategies of herbivores. 1988 (0 471-83276-6) 362 pp. Plant-Animal Interactions Evolutionary Ecology in Tropical and Temperate Regions Edited by Peter W. Price, Thomas M. Lewinsohn, G. Wilson Fernandes and Woodruff W. Benson An outgrowth of an international symposium on Evolutionary Ecology of Tropical Herbivores held at UNICAMP, Brazil, this unique collaborative effort from leading scientists worldwide
Table of ContentsPartial table of contents:
Interactions Among Insects, Plants, and Microorganisms: A NetEffects Perspective on Insect Performance (C. Jones).
PLANT MUTUALISTS.
Ecosystem Perspectives, Soil Organisms, and Herbivores (J. Moore,et al.).
Fungal Endophytes, Grasses, and Herbivores (K. Clay).
PLANT PATHOGENS.
Specific or Generalized Plant Defense: Reciprocal InteractionsBetween Herbivores and Pathogens (V. Krischik).
Plant Pathogens and Nonvector Herbivores (P. Barbosa).
INSECT MUTUALISTS.
Symbiont-Mediated Detoxification in Insect Herbivores (P.Dowd).
Role of Microorganisms in Spruce Bark Beetle-Conifer Interactions(A. Leufven).
INSECT PATHOGENS.
Host-Plant-Mediated Interactions Between the Gypsy Moth and aBaculovirus (J. Schultz & S. Keating).
Index.
