Overview
- Contains 16 brillant and beautiful color illustrations
- Elucidates the ecological role of leaf-cutting ants and provides fundamental insights into the functioning of the rainforest ecosystem
- The authors present not only their research results and ideas, but also their excitement for these fascinating animals
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 164)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Plant-animal interactions have become a focus of ecological research, with the processes of herbivory being of special interest. This volume examines the interactions of leaf-cutting ants with the rainforest vegetation on Barro Colorado Islands in Central America. It is the synthesis of field research on multiple scales extending over a period of several years. This work can serve as a model study summarizing and extending knowledge about herbivorous insect-plant relationships, and the resulting consequences on structural and functional features of tropical ecosystems. The text is an invaluable reference for researchers and land managers working in the fields of plant-animal interactions, herbivory, community ecology and biodiversity.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"... an impressive account of almost a decades work on the ecological importance of leaf-cutting ants. ... a fascinating monograph ... So if you are asked by your librarian this year for a "wish-list of books to buy" then this monograph on the true ecosystem engineers of the tropics should definietly be on it." (Phytocoenologia)
"This volume examines the interactions of leaf-cutting ants with the rainforest vegetation on Barro Colorado Islands in Central America. It is the synthesis of field research on multiple scales extending over a period of several years. This work can serve as a model study summarizing and extending knowledge about herbivorous insect-plant relationships … . The text is an invaluable reference for researchers and land managers working in the fields of plant-animal interactions, herbivory, community ecology and biodiversity." (Ethology, Ecology & Evolution, Vol. 16 (2), 2004)
"The recently published book by R. Wirth and co-authors is an impressive account of almost a decades’ work on the ecological importance of leaf-cutting ants. … a fascinating monograph and hopefully an incentive for more, intensified research on the ecological impacts on leaf-cutting ants in the future. So if you are asked by your librarian this year for a ‘wish-list of books to buy’ then this monograph on the true ecosystem engineers of the tropics should definitely be on it." (Till Eggers, Phytocoenologia, Vol. 34 (1), 2004)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Herbivory of Leaf-Cutting Ants
Book Subtitle: A Case Study on Atta colombica in the Tropical Rainforest of Panama
Authors: Rainer Wirth, Hubert Herz, Ronald J. Ryel, Wolfram Beyschlag, Bert Hölldobler
Series Title: Ecological Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05259-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-43896-0Published: 27 November 2002
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07865-1Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-05259-4Published: 18 April 2013
Series ISSN: 0070-8356
Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 233
Number of Illustrations: 68 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Ecology, Entomology, Plant Sciences, Animal Ecology, Invertebrates, Forestry