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Ecological Networks in the Tropics

An Integrative Overview of Species Interactions from Some of the Most Species-Rich Habitats on Earth

  • This is a must-read for ecologists interested in species interactions in the tropics, providing approaches not found elsewhere
  • This is a very concise book in terms of selection of concepts and empirical examples on how the architecture of the biodiversity is organized in the tropics
  • Despite of high diversity of species and interactions in tropical environments, there is no equivalent book that reviews ecological networks in these environments

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. The History of Ecological Networks

    • Thomas C. Ings, Joseph E. Hawes
    Pages 15-28
  3. The Structure of Ecological Networks

    • D. Matthias Dehling
    Pages 29-42
  4. Ecology and Evolution of Species-Rich Interaction Networks

    • Rafael Luís Galdini Raimundo, Flavia Maria Darcie Marquitti, Cecilia Siliansky de Andreazzi, Mathias Mistretta Pires, Paulo Roberto Guimarães Jr
    Pages 43-58
  5. The Complex Ant–Plant Relationship Within Tropical Ecological Networks

    • Kleber Del-Claro, Denise Lange, Helena Maura Torezan-Silingardi, Diego Vinicius Anjos, Eduardo Soares Calixto, Wesley Dáttilo et al.
    Pages 59-71
  6. Plant-Pollinator Networks in the Tropics: A Review

    • Jeferson Vizentin-Bugoni, Pietro Kiyoshi Maruyama, Camila Silveira de Souza, Jeff Ollerton, André Rodrigo Rech, Marlies Sazima
    Pages 73-91
  7. Tropical Seed Dispersal Networks: Emerging Patterns, Biases, and Keystone Species Traits

    • Gema Escribano-Avila, Carlos Lara-Romero, Ruben Heleno, Anna Traveset
    Pages 93-110
  8. Plant-Herbivore Networks in the Tropics

    • Antonio López-Carretero, Ek del-Val, Karina Boege
    Pages 111-126
  9. Host-Parasite Networks: An Integrative Overview with Tropical Examples

    • Sybelle Bellay, Fabrício Hiroiuki Oda, Karla Magalhães Campião, Fábio Hideki Yamada, Ricardo Massato Takemoto, Edson Fontes de Oliveira
    Pages 127-140
  10. Interaction Networks in Tropical Reefs

    • Mauricio Cantor, Guilherme O. Longo, Luisa Fontoura, Juan P. Quimbayo, Sergio R. Floeter, Mariana G. Bender
    Pages 141-154
  11. Ecological Networks in Changing Tropics

    • Eduardo Freitas Moreira, Patrícia Alves Ferreira, Luciano Elsinor Lopes, Raimunda Gomes Silva Soares, Danilo Boscolo
    Pages 155-169
  12. The Future of Ecological Networks in the Tropics

    • Luciano Cagnolo
    Pages 171-183
  13. A Useful Guide of Main Indices and Software Used for Ecological Networks Studies

    • Reuber Antoniazzi Jr, Wesley Dáttilo, Victor Rico-Gray
    Pages 185-196
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 197-201

About this book

Based on graph theory studies this book seeks to understand how tropical species interact with each other and how these interactions are affected by perturbations in some of the most species-rich habitats on earth. Due to the great diversity of species and interactions in the tropics, this book addresses a wide range of current and future issues with empirical examples and complete revisions on different types of ecological networks: from mutualisms to antagonisms. The goal of this publication is not to be only for researchers but also for undergraduates in different areas of knowledge, and also to serve as a reference text for graduate-level courses mainly in the life sciences.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Red de Ecoetologia, Instituto de Ecologia AC, Xalapa, Mexico

    Wesley Dáttilo

  • Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico

    Victor Rico-Gray

About the editors

Wesley Dáttilo received his Ph.D. from the Universidad Veracruzana (Mexico). Currently, he is Titular Researcher at the Department of Eco-Ethology at the Instituto de Ecología A.C., Mexico. The main focus of his research over the last decade has been to understand how ecological and evolutionary mechanisms shape plant-animal interaction networks at different levels. Moreover, he is seeking to understand how species interactions vary through space-time, and how they are influenced by environmental perturbations in different types of tropical environments in Brazil and Mexico. He has written and co-authored over 50 publications based on his research, many of which he has presented at national and international conferences. His teaching responsibilities have involved mostly graduate courses on ecological networks and field courses in tropical environments.

Victor Rico-Gray received his Ph.D. in 1987 from Tulane University (U.S.A.) Currently he is a full-time researcher at Instituto de Neuroetología of Universidad Veracruzana. His main research has been the interactions between plants and ants.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ecological Networks in the Tropics

  • Book Subtitle: An Integrative Overview of Species Interactions from Some of the Most Species-Rich Habitats on Earth

  • Editors: Wesley Dáttilo, Victor Rico-Gray

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68228-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

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

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-68227-3Published: 19 February 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88566-7Published: 04 June 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-68228-0Published: 08 February 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 202

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Community & Population Ecology, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Biodiversity, Ecosystems

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