xiv, 274 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2011
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1. Communication and the evolution of plant-animal interactions -- 1.1. Communication -- 1.2. Signals vs. cues -- Box 1.1 Deceptive communication -- 1.3. Plant-animal communication -- 1.4. The co-evolutionary framework of plant-animal interactions -- 1.5. Generalization vs. specialization -- Box 1.2 The diversification of angiosperms -- 1.6. Diffuse co-evolution -- 1.7. Correlated evolution -- 1.8. Evolutionary significance of complex interactions for communication -- 1.9. Constraints on communication -- 1.9.1. Genetic architecture -- 1.9.2. Architectural constraints -- 1.10. Perspective -- 2. Animal sensory ecology and plant biochemistry -- 2.1. Introduction -- Box 2.1 The nine stages of communication -- 2.2. Chromatic and achromatic vision -- Box 2.2 Memory functions -- 2.3. Visual detection -- 2.4. Ambient light -- 2.5. Visual sensitivities -- 2.6. Colour production
2.6.1. Chlorophylls -- 2.6.2. Carotenoids -- 2.6.3. Anthocyanins and flavonoids -- 2.6.4. Betalains -- 2.7. Olfaction -- 2.8. Olfactory detectability -- 2.9. Evolution of plant odours -- 2.10. Plant odours -- 2.10.1. Chemical classes -- 2.10.2. Volatiles from vegetative tissues -- 2.11. Taste -- 2.11.1. Nutrients -- 2.11.2. Secondary compounds -- 2.12. Acoustic communication -- 2.13. Summary and perspective -- 3. Animals as seed dispersers -- 3.1. Introduction: the advantages of seed dispersal -- 3.2. Dispersal by terrestrial vertebrate frugivores (endozoochory) -- 3.2.1. Endozoochorous seed dispersal by vertebrate herbivores -- 3.3. Dispersal by vertebrate seed predators -- 3.4. Inadvertent transport on the outside of mammals and birds (epizoochory) -- 3.5. Transport by invertebrates (myrmecochory) -- 3.6. Transport by fish (ichthochory) -- 3.7. Transport by reptiles -- 3.8. General trends in the use of animals as dispersers -- 3.9. The evolution of different forms of animal-based dispersal
3.10. Combination of different forms of dispersal (diplochory) -- 3.11. Conclusions -- 4. Visual communication in fleshy fruits -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Fruit ripening -- 4.2.1. Biochemistry of fruit colouration -- Box 4.1 Colour patterns in fruit vs. flowers -- 4.3. Patterns of fruit colours -- 4.3.1. Bird-dispersed fruits -- 4.3.2. Association between visual fruit traits and disperser type -- 4.4. Selection by frugivores -- 4.4.1. Sensory biases -- 4.4.2. Effect of fruit colouration on ease of detection -- Box 4.2 Fruit colours as drivers of primate colour vision -- 4.5. Fruit colour as signal -- 4.5.1. Signalling strategies -- 4.5.2. Signal honesty -- 4.5.3. Secondary compounds -- 4.6. The roles of fruit predators -- 4.7. Influence of abiotic factors on fruit colouration -- 4.8. Signalling role of secondary structures -- 4.9. Summary -- 5. Evolutionary ecology of non-visual fruit traits -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Fruit ripening -- Box 5.1 Hormones involved in fruit ripening -- 5.3. Fruit pulp biochemistry
5.3.1. Changes during ripening -- 5.3.2. Patterns in ripe fruits -- 5.4. Selection by fruit consumers -- 5.5. Fruit biochemistry mediates interactions -- 5.5.1. Trade-off hypotheses -- 5.5.2. Community patterns -- 5.5.3. Competitive interactions -- 5.6. Fruit texture -- 5.7. Communication through fruit odour -- 5.7.1. Ethylene as cue -- 5.7.2. Ethanol as cue -- 5.8. Echolocation -- 5.9. Consumption of dry fruits -- 5.9.1. Sensory mechanisms -- 5.9.2. Mosaic co-evolution -- 5.10. The evolution of communication -- unresolved research questions -- 5.11. Conclusions -- 6. Floral communication and pollination -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Relationship between signal and reward -- Box 6.1 Pollinators add scent to flowers: adaptive marking or unavoidable consequence? -- 6.3. Diversifying selection -- 6.4. Floral morphology -- 6.4.1. Accessory structures -- 6.4.2. Symmetry -- 6.4.3. Floral integration -- 6.5. Visual traits associated with flowers -- 6.5.1. Colour patterns and association to rewards
6.5.2. Flower colour -- 6.6. Floral scent -- 6.6.1. Comparison to vision -- 6.6.2. Additive effects of odours and colours -- Box 6.2 Pre-existing biases can drive animal communication systems -- 6.6.3. Scent and pollinator attraction -- 6.7. Pleiotropy and floral traits -- 6.8. Perspective -- 7. The potential for leaf colouration to communicate to animals -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Characteristics of autumn leaf colouration -- 7.3. Mechanisms not involving communication with animals that might underlie autumn leaf colouration -- 7.3.1. Loss of chlorophyll and photosynthetic function -- 7.3.2. Physiological functioning of anthocyanins -- 7.3.3. Other colour-related physiological functions -- 7.3.4. Summary of non-communication functions -- 7.4. Autumn leaf colouration -- 7.4.1. A cue to nutrient movement out of the leaves -- 7.4.2. A cue of investment in defences by the plant -- 7.4.3. Signalling that leaves are about to be shed -- 7.4.4. Signalling investment in reproductive tissues
7.4.5. Signalling to frugivores -- 7.5. Signalling to herbivores about intrinsic plant quality -- 7.5.1. Assumptions of the theory -- 7.5.2. Predictions of the theory -- 7.5.3. A further theory -- 7.6. The functioning of non-green leaf colouration in non-autumnal contexts -- 7.7. Leaf variegation -- 7.8. Gaps in current understanding -- 7.9. Conclusion -- 8. Plant crypsis, aposematism, and mimicry -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Crypsis in plants -- 8.3. Aposematism in plants -- 8.4. Floral mimicry -- 8.4.1. Batesian floral mimicry and perceptual exploitation -- 8.4.2. Empirical evidence for floral mimicry -- 8.4.3. Pseudoflowers -- 8.4.4. Mimicry of carrion and dung -- 8.5. Non-floral mimicry in plants -- 8.5.1. Mistletoe host resemblance -- 8.5.2. Mimicry of crops by weeds -- 8.5.3. Can plants avoid grazing by mimicking defended plants? -- 8.6. Mimicry of plants by animals -- 8.7. Conclusions -- 9. Chemical communication by plants about herbivores -- 9.1. Introduction
9.2. Within-plant communication of attack risk -- Box 9.1 Detection of competition from other plants -- 9.3. Between-plant communication of attack threat -- 9.3.1. Signalling by undamaged plants -- 9.4. Signalling by infested plants to enemies of herbivores -- 9.4.1. The viewpoint of the plant -- 9.4.2. The viewpoint of antagonists -- 9.4.3. The viewpoint of herbivores -- 9.5. The complex environment in which indirect defences operate -- 9.6. Signalling in ant-plant mutualisms -- 9.7. Deception of herbivore antagonists by plants -- 9.8. Conclusions -- 10. Sensory aspects of carnivorous plants -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.1.1. What are carnivorous plants? -- 10.1.2. Relationships between carnivorous plants and non-prey animals -- 10.1.3. Where are carnivorous plants found, and why are they uncommon? -- 10.1.4. Evolution of plant carnivory -- 10.1.5. Carnivorous plants as a model of co-evolutionary processes -- 10.1.6. Sensory aspects of plant carnivory -- 10.2. Attraction of victims
10.2.1. Does attraction of prey to pitchers involve duping them? -- 10.2.2. Other aspects of deception -- 10.3. Signalling mechanisms -- 10.3.1. Visual signals -- 10.3.2. Non-visual attractants -- 10.4. Pollination -- 10.5. Sensory aspects of interactions with animals other than prey or pollinators -- 10.6. Conclusions -- 11. Final thoughts -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. Principles of communication -- 11.3. Communication among multiple species -- 11.3.1. Conceptual framework -- 11.3.2. Communication and information can arise as by-products -- 11.4. Scenarios for the evolution of communication -- 11.5. Integrating ecology into communication theory -- 11.6. Communication and sensory ecology -- Box 11.1 Multimodal communication -- Box 11.2 Perceptual exploitation
