The Ecology and Evolution of Inducible Defenses (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Tollrian, Ralph; Harvell, C. Drew

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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 Järemo, Juha Tuomi, Patric Nilsson, Anurag Agrawal, Richard Karban, Marcel Dicke, Ellen Van Donk, Miquel Lürling, Winfried Lampert, Simon Frost, John Gilbert, Hans-Werner Kuhlmann, Jürgen Kusch, Klaus Heckmann, Luc De Meester, Piotr Dawidowicz, Erik van Gool, Carsten Loose, Stanley Dodson, Christer Brönmark, Lars Pettersson, Anders Nilsson, Bradley Anholt, Earl Werner, Curtis Lively, Frederick Adler, Daniel Grünbaum, and Wilfried Gabriel.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bonnier Books UK
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780691228198
• Artikelnr.: 60878260

Autorenporträt

Ralph Tollrian is Assistant Professor of Ecology at the Zoological Institute at Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich. C. Drew Harvell is Associate Professor in the Section of Ecology and Systematics at Cornell University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Why Inducible Defenses?
3
1
Coping with Life as a Menu Option: Inducible Defenses of the Wild
Parsnip
10
2
Adaptive Status of Localized and Systemic Defense Responses in Plants
33
3
Why Induced Defenses May Be Favored over Constitutive Strategies in
Plants
45
4
Evolution of Induced Indirect Defense of Plants
62
5
Consumer-Induced Changes in Phytoplankton: Inducibility, Costs,
Benefits, and the Impact on Grazers
89
6
The Immune System as an Inducible Defense
104
7
Kairomone-Induced Morphological Defenses in Rotifers
127
8
Predator-Induced Defenses in Ciliated Protozoa
142
9
Ecology and Evolution of Predator-Induced Behavior of Zooplankton: Depth
Selection Behavior and Diel Vertical Migration
160
10
Inducible Defenses in Cladocera: Constraints, Costs, and Multipredator
Environments
177
11
Predator-Induced Defense in Crucian Carp
203
12
Density-Dependent Consequences of Induced Behavior
218
13
Complex Biotic Environments, Coloniality, and Heritable Variation for
Inducible Defenses
231
14
Developmental Strategies in Spatially Variable Environments: Barnacle
Shell Dimorphism and Strategic Models of Selection
245
15
Evolution of Forager Responses to Inducible Defenses
259
16
Evolution of Reversible Plastic Responses: Inducible Defenses and
Environmental Tolerance
286
17
The Evolution of Inducible Defenses: Current Ideas
306
References
323
Index
377

Rezensionen

The editors have done an excellent job of drawing together a collection of authors representing a wide range of disciplines.