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Title

Plant-animal interactions in Mediterranean-type ecosystems / editors, Margarita Arianoutsou, R.H. Groves.

Publication

Dordrecht, The Netherlands ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, 1994.

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Additional Authors

• Arianoutsou, Margarita.
• Groves, R. H.

Description

ix, 182 pages : illustrations; 27 cm.

Summary

• This volume comprises invited contributions on important aspects of plant-animal interactions in Mediterranean-type ecosystems, which was the subject of the Sixth International Conference on Mediterranean Climate Ecosystems, held in Crete (Greece), from September 23 to 27, 1991. The subject of plant-animal interactions is fundamental to an understanding of the structure and the function of the Mediterranean-type ecosystems and their rational management.
• All five regions of the world with a Mediterranean climate are represented: the Mediterranean basin sensu lato, California, Chile, South Africa, Australia.

Series Statement

Tasks for vegetation science ; v. 31

Uniform Title

Tasks for vegetation science ; 31.

Subjects

• Mediterranean climate > Congresses
• Animal-plant relationships > Congresses
• Biotic communities > Congresses

Note

• Papers outgrowth of a conference held at Maleme, Crete, Greece, Sept. 23-27, 1991.
• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• Preface / F. di Castri -- Introduction / M. Arianoutsou and R. H. Groves -- Ch. 1. Aristotle and Theophrastus on plant-animal interactions / C. A. Thanos -- Ch. 2. Species richness of vascular plants and vertebrates in relation to canopy productivity / R. L. Specht -- Ch. 3. Summergreenness, evergreenness and life history variation in Mediterranean Blue Tits / J. Blondel and P. C. Dias -- Ch. 4. Community structure and species richness in the Mediterranean-type soil fauna / A. Legakis -- Ch. 5. Bird diversity within and among Australian heathlands / M. L. Cody -- Ch. 6. Plant community structure in southwestern Australia and aspects of herbivory, seed dispersal and pollination / D. T. Bell -- Ch. 7. Resource webs in Mediterranean-type climates / H. A. Mooney and R. J. Hobbs -- Ch. 8. Triangular trophic relationships in Mediterranean-climate Western Australia / B. B. Lamont.
• Ch. 9. Has intensive grazing by domestic livestock degraded Mediterranean Basin rangelands? / N. G. Seligman and A. Perevolotsky -- Ch. 10. Resource availability and herbivory in Larrea tridentata / P. W. Rundel, M. R. Sharifi and A. Gonzalez-Coloma -- Ch. 11. Effects of insect herbivory on plant architecture / R. Ginocchio and G. Montenegro -- Ch. 12. Pollination syndromes in the Mediterranean: generalizations and peculiarities / A. Dafni and C. O'Toole -- Ch. 13. Red flowers and butterfly pollination in the fynbos of South Africa / S. D. Johnson and W. J. Bond -- Ch. 14. Modes of dispersal of seeds in the Cape fynbos / E. J. Moll and B. McKenzie -- Ch. 15. Why are there so many myrmecochorous species in the Cape fynbos? / R. M. Cowling, S. M. Pierce, W. D. Stock and M. Cocks.

ISBN

0792324706 (HB : acid free paper)

LCCN

93006345

OCLC

• 28710919
• ocm28710919

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Columbia University Libraries