Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Obligate Pollination Mutualism

  • Book
  • © 2017

Overview

Editors:
  1. Makoto Kato

    1. Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  2. Atsushi Kawakita

    1. Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Otsu, Japan

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • Is the first book to bring together contributors' original observations on the leafflower-leafflower moth mutualism discovered by the lead editor
  • Addresses various ecological and evolutionary questions in a single model plant-insect association system
  • Includes numerous original color photographs of Phyllanthaceae plants and their pollinators from around the world

Part of the book series: Ecological Research Monographs (ECOLOGICAL)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 149.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 199.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 199.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Natural History

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Introduction

      • Makoto Kato
      Pages 3-6

    3. History and Natural History of Plants and Their Associates

      • Makoto Kato
      Pages 7-61

    4. Biology of the Obligate Pollination Mutualism

      • Makoto Kato, Atsushi Kawakita
      Pages 63-80

    5. Diversity of Phyllanthaceae Plants

      • Atsushi Kawakita, Makoto Kato
      Pages 81-115

    6. Diversity of Pollinator Moths

      • Atsushi Kawakita, Makoto Kato
      Pages 117-137

    7. Origin of Active Pollination and Mutualism

      • Atsushi Kawakita, Makoto Kato
      Pages 139-150

  4. Evolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Cospeciation and Host Shift

      • Atsushi Kawakita, Makoto Kato
      Pages 197-206

    3. Reversal of Mutualism

      • Atsushi Kawakita
      Pages 207-219

    4. Phyllantheae–Epicephala Mutualistic Interactions on Oceanic Islands in the Pacific

      • David H. Hembry
      Pages 221-248

    5. Evolution and Diversity of Obligate Pollination Mutualisms

      • Atsushi Kawakita, Makoto Kato
      Pages 249-270

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 271-309
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

This book presents a comprehensive overview of our current understanding of mutualism origin, plant–pollinator specificity, mutualism stability, and reciprocal diversification. In particular, it focuses on the natural history and evolutionary history of the third example of obligate pollination mutualism, leafflower–leafflower moth association, which was discovered in the plant family Phyllanthaceae by the lead editor and then established by the editors and their coworkers as an ideal model system for studies of mutualism and the coevolutionary process. This work brings together the knowledge they have gained through an array of research conducted using different approaches, ranging from taxonomy, phylogenetics, ecology, and evolutionary biology to biogeography.

Richly illustrated with numerous original color photographs, the volume consists of 13 chapters and is divided into three main parts: natural history, ecology, and evolution. It begins by showcasing numerous examples of plant–animal interactions and their origins to guide readers in the world of leafflowers and their pollinators. The immense diversity of Phyllanthaceae and pollinator moths is then explored, and in the following 7 chapters mutualism is discussed from a range of ecological and evolutionary points of view. The final chapter presents a review of the evolution and variety of obligate pollination mutualisms.

This book offers researchers and students in the field of ecology, botany, evolutionary biology, pollination biology, entomology, and tropical biology fascinating insights into why such a costly pollination system has evolved and why Phyllanthaceae is so diverse despite the inconspicuousness of their flowers.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    Makoto Kato

  • Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Otsu, Japan

    Atsushi Kawakita

About the editors

Makoto Kato, Ph.D.

Professor, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Japan

Atsushi Kawakita, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Japan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Obligate Pollination Mutualism

  • Editors: Makoto Kato, Atsushi Kawakita

  • Series Title: Ecological Research Monographs

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56532-1

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Japan KK 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56530-7Published: 18 May 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56814-8Published: 09 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-56532-1Published: 09 May 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2191-0707

  • Series E-ISSN: 2191-0715

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 309

  • Number of Illustrations: 38 b/w illustrations, 87 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Plant Ecology, Entomology

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation