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Paulo S. Oliveira - Ant-Plant Interactions: Impacts of Humans on Terrestrial Ecosystems - 9781107159754 - V9781107159754
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Ant-Plant Interactions: Impacts of Humans on Terrestrial Ecosystems

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Description for Ant-Plant Interactions: Impacts of Humans on Terrestrial Ecosystems hardcover. The first volume devoted to anthropogenic effects on interactions between ants and flowering plants, considered major parts of terrestrial ecosystems. Editor(s): Oliveira, Paulo; Koptur, Suzanne. Num Pages: 466 pages, 173 b/w illus. 29 colour illus. 14 tables. BIC Classification: PSVT7. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174. .
Ants are probably the most dominant insect family on earth, and flowering plants have been the dominant plant group on land for more than 100 million years. In recent decades, human activities have degraded natural environments with unparalleled speed and scale, making it increasingly apparent that interspecific interactions vary not only under different ecological conditions and across habitats, but also according to anthropogenic global change. This is the first volume entirely devoted to the anthropogenic effects on the interactions between these two major components of terrestrial ecosystems. A first-rate team of contributors report their research from a variety of temperate ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
452
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107159754
SKU
V9781107159754
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-10

About Paulo S. Oliveira
Paulo S. Oliveira is Professor of Ecology at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. His research is on the natural history, ecology and behaviour of tropical ants. He is past President and Honorary Fellow of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation. He has co-authored and co-edited two books. Suzanne Koptur is Professor of Biological Sciences at Florida ... Read more

Reviews for Ant-Plant Interactions: Impacts of Humans on Terrestrial Ecosystems
'Ant-Plant Interactions is the definitive and greatly needed treatise on a subject of importance to general terrestrial ecology and the study of Earth's dominant social insects.' Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University, Massachusetts 'Ants dominate terrestrial habitats worldwide, and their interactions with plants structure biodiversity within those habitats. This edited volume offers a timely, comprehensive treatment of ways in which ecologically ... Read more

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