The Evolutionary Ecology of Ant-Plant Mutualisms

by Andrew James Beattie

Book Overview

Mutualistic interactions between ants and plants involve rewards offered by plants and services performed by ants in a mutually advantageous relationship. The rewards are principally food and/or nest sites, and ants in turn perform a number of services for plants: they disperse and plant seeds; they protect foliage, buds, and reproductive structures from enemies such as herbivores and seed predators; they fertilize plants with essential nutrients;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521252814
• ISBN13: 9780521252812
• Release Date: November 1985
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"