The evolutionary ecology of ant–plant mutualisms: Contents
The evolutionary ecology of ant–plant mutualisms: Contents
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DOI：
10.1017/cbo9780511721878
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发表时间：
1985-11
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通讯作者：
A. Beattie
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作者：
A. Beattie
蚂蚁和植物之间的互惠互动包括植物提供的奖励和蚂蚁以互利关系提供的服务。回报主要是食物和/或巢穴，蚂蚁反过来为植物提供许多服务：它们传播和种植种子；它们保护叶子、芽和生殖结构免受食草动物和种子捕食者等天敌的侵害；它们为植物提供必需的营养物质；它们有时可能充当传粉媒介。在这本于 1985 年首次出版的书中，贝蒂教授回顾了蚂蚁与植物相互作用的引人入胜的自然历史，讨论了这些关系的互惠性质的科学证据，并得出了一些关于塑造它们的生态和进化过程的结论。这部重要的著作探索了自然历史、实验方法，并与当时的当代进化和生态文献相结合，将吸引各种各样的生物学家。
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; and they may sometimes function as pollinators. In this book, initially published in 1985, Professor Beattie reviews the fascinating natural history of ant–plant interactions, discusses the scientific evidence for the mutualistic nature of these relationships, and reaches some conclusions about the ecological and evolutionary processes that mold them. This important work explores the natural history, experimental approach, and integration with contemporary evolutionary and ecological literature of the time will appeal to a wide variety of biologists.