The Ecology and Evolution of Inducible Defenses (eBook)

Ralph Tollrian, C. Drew Harvell (Herausgeber)

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2021
395 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-22819-8 (ISBN)

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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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.4.2021
• Zusatzinfo: 24 tables 4 halftones 63 line illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Schlagworte: Abiotic component • Acanthina angelica • Acanthocyclops • Aceria cladophthirus • activity of prey • Adaptation • adaptation of herbivores • adaptive immune system • allocation costs • Amoeba Proteus • amplification of defenses • Antigen • aphid • Archips purpurana • Autotoxicity • Bacillus thuringiensis • Bacteria • barnacle • barnacles • Behavioral plasticity • Bioassay • Biological Control • biological pest control • Biomass (ecology) • Biomphalaria mansoni • Briareum asbestinum • Bryozoa • bryozoans • cabbage • Calculation • Campoletis sonorensis • Canalization • Candida albicans • Cannibalism • Cannibalism (zoology) • carnivore • Cell Culture • cell division • Celleporaria • cell growth • Chaoborus • Chemical defense • Chemoreceptor • Ciliate • Cladocera • Coevolution • Competition • Copepod • cyclomorphosis • Daphnia • Daphnia pulex • Delia radicum • Density dependence • Design of Experiments • Diacrisia virginica • Diapause • Diel Vertical Migration • dragonfly larvae • Ecology • egg size • Elicitor • environmental factor • Enzyme • Epischura • escape response • Eudiaptomus gracilis • Euxoa tessellata • evolutionary dynamics • Fecundity • feeding cycle of predators • Field Studies • Filinia mystacina • Fitness (biology) • foraging • fungus • Furanocoumarin • Game Theory • generalist genotypes • genetic variability • Genotype • Gorgonacea • grazing • Growth medium • handling time • Helicoverpa zea • Herbivore • Heritability • Hormone • ingestion rate • Innate immune system • insect • instar • intraspecific competition • Invertebrate • jasmonate • Jasmonic Acid • Kairomone • kleptoparasitism • Lagopus lagopus • larva • life-table experiments • Local adaptation • Lysiphlebus testaceipes • Mamestra brassicae • Metabolism • metabolite • Microorganism • Molecule • mortality rate • Nematode • nutrient • odor • Opius dissitus • opportunity cost • optimal defense theory • organism • Panonychus ulmi • parasitism • Parasitoid • pathogen • Peptide • Phenotype • Phenotypic plasticity • Physiology • Phytoplankton • Piscivore • Plankton • Plant • Plant defense against herbivory • Polymorphism (biology) • Polymorphism, Genetic • Population cycle • population dynamics • predation • Princeton University Press • Probability • Protein • Protozoa • reaction norm • rotifer • Scenedesmus • secondary metabolite • Spider mite • Stolon • tentacle • Trade-off • Trophic level • Vertebrate • Zooid • Zooplankton
• ISBN-10: 0-691-22819-1 / 0691228191
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-22819-8 / 9780691228198