Ecology and Evolution of Inducible Defenses
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Abiotic component
Adaptation
Adaptive immune system
Antigen
Autotoxicity
Bacteria
Bioassay
Biological pest control
Bryozoa
Cannibalism (zoology)
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Cell division
Cell growth
Chemical defense
Chemoreceptor
Ciliate
Cladocera
Coevolution
Competition
Copepod
Daphnia
Diel vertical migration
Ecology
Elicitor
Environmental factor
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Escape response
Fecundity
Fitness (biology)
Foraging
Fungus
Furanocoumarin
Genotype
Grazing
Herbivore
Heritability
Hormone
Insect
Invertebrate
Jasmonate
Kairomone
Larva
Metabolite
Nutrient
Opportunity cost
Organism
Parasitism
Parasitoid
Pathogen
Phenotype
Phenotypic plasticity
Phytoplankton
Piscivore
Plant
Plant defense against herbivory
Polymorphism (biology)
Population dynamics
Predation
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Probability
Protozoa
Rotifer
Scenedesmus
Secondary metabolite
Stolon
Tentacle
Trade-off
Trophic level
Vertebrate
Zooid
Zooplankton
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- ISBN 9780691004945
- Weight: 539g
- Dimensions: 197 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 17 Jan 1999
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Inducible defenses--those often dramatic phenotypic shifts in prey activated by biological agents ranging from predators to pathogens--are widespread in the natural world. Yet research on the inducible defenses used by vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants in terrestrial, marine, and freshwater habitats has largely developed along independent lines. Ralph Tollrian and Drew Harvell seek to change that here. By bringing together leading researchers from all fields to review common themes and explore emerging ideas, this book represents the most current and comprehensive survey of knowledge about the ecology and evolution of inducible defenses. Contributors examine organisms as different as unicellular algae and higher vertebrates, and consider defenses ranging from immune systems to protective changes in morphology, behavior, chemistry, and life history. The authors of the review chapters, case studies, and theoretical studies pinpoint unifying factors favoring the evolution of inducible defenses. Throughout, the volume emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach, integrating applied and theoretical ecology, evolution, genetics, and chemistry.
In addition, Harvell and Tollrian provide an introduction and a conclusion that review the current state of knowledge in the field and identify areas for future research. The contributors, in addition to the editors, are May Berenbaum, Arthur Zangerl, Johannes Jaremo, Juha Tuomi, Patric Nilsson, Anurag Agrawal, Richard Karban, Marcel Dicke, Ellen Van Donk, Miquel Lurling, Winfried Lampert, Simon Frost, John Gilbert, Hans-Werner Kuhlmann, Jurgen Kusch, Klaus Heckmann, Luc De Meester, Piotr Dawidowicz, Erik van Gool, Carsten Loose, Stanley Dodson, Christer Bronmark, Lars Pettersson, Anders Nilsson, Bradley Anholt, Earl Werner, Curtis Lively, Frederick Adler, Daniel Grunbaum, and Wilfried Gabriel.
Ralph Tollrian is Assistant Professor of Ecology at the Zoological Institute at Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich. C. Drew Harvell is Associate Professor in the Section of Ecology and Systematics at Cornell University.
