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Researchers now recognize that above- and belowground communities are indirectly linked to one another, often by plant-mediated mechanisms. To date, however, there has been no single multi-authored edited volume on the subject. This book remedies that gap, and offers state-of-the art insights into basic and applied research on aboveground-belowground interactions and their functional consequences. Drawing on a diverse pool of global expertise, the authors present diverse approaches that span a range of scales and levels of complexity. The respective chapters provide in-depth information on the current state of research, and outline future prospects in the field of aboveground-belowground community ecology. In particular, the book’s goal is to expand readers’ knowledge of the evolutionary, community and ecosystem consequences of aboveground-belowground interactions, making it essential reading for all biologists, graduate students and advanced undergraduates working in this rapidly expanding field. It touches on multiple research fields including ecology, botany, zoology, entomology, microbiology and the related applied areas of biodiversity management and conservation.

Biotic communities. --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Ecology --- Population biology --- Ecology. --- Evolution (Biology). --- Soil conservation. --- Endangered ecosystems. --- Community & Population Ecology. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Soil Science & Conservation. --- Ecosystems. --- Threatened ecosystems --- Biotic communities --- Nature conservation --- Conservation of soil --- Erosion control, Soil --- Soil erosion --- Soil erosion control --- Soils --- Agricultural conservation --- Soil management --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biology --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Control --- Prevention --- Conservation --- Community ecology, Biotic. --- Evolutionary biology. --- Soil science. --- Pedology (Soil science) --- Agriculture --- Earth sciences

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Animal-plant interactions --- Animal-plant relationships --- Animal-plante [Relations ] --- Animals and plants --- Biological variation --- Dier-plant relaties --- Espèces (Biologie) -- Variabilité --- Espèces (Biologie) [Variabilité des ] --- Interactions [Animal-plant ] --- Plant-animal interactions --- Plant-animal relationships --- Plant-dier relaties --- Plante-Animal [Relations ] --- Plants and animals --- Relaties [Dier-plant ] --- Relations animal-plante --- Relations plante-animal --- Relationships [Animal-plant ] --- Variabilité --- Variabilité (Biologie) --- Variabilité biologique --- Variatie (Biologie) --- Variation (Biologie) --- Variation (Biology) --- ECO Ecology --- animal-plant relationships --- co-evolution --- ecology --- genotype --- insects --- keystone herbivores --- nectar --- niche --- patchy environment --- pollinators --- population dynamics --- resource variation --- variation --- Animal-plant relationships.

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To gain a more complete understanding of plant-based ecological community structure requires knowledge of the integration of direct and indirect effects in plant herbivore systems. Trait modification of plants as a result of herbivory is very common and widespread in terrestrial plants, and this initiates indirect interactions between organisms that utilise the same host plant. This 2007 book argues that food webs by themselves are inadequate models for understanding ecological communities, because they ignore important indirect, nontrophic links. This subject is of great importance in understanding not only community organisation but also in identifying the underlying mechanisms of maintenance of biodiversity in nature. This book will be an invaluable resource for researchers and graduate students interested in community and population ecology, evolutionary biology, biodiversity, botany and entomology.

Biotic communities. --- Plant ecology. --- Botany --- Phytoecology --- Plants --- Vegetation ecology --- Ecology --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Population biology --- Floristic ecology

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This book is the result of an international symposium on gall-inducing arthropods, which was held September 5-9, 2005, in Kyoto, Japan. It was organized as the 4th international symposium on gall-inducing insects and as the symposium of the In­ ternational Union of Forestry Research Organizations (lUFRO) working group, 7.03.02, Gall-Inducing Insects. The book addresses recent developments in the ecology, evolution, systematics, physiology, and biodiversity of gall-inducing arthropods, with individual contri­ butions ranging in scope from detailed descriptions to profoundly synthetic stud­ ies. One underlying theme of the book is the various impacts of gall induction that indirectly affect insect communities on the host plant. The other important contri­ bution is the highly intricate and dynamic interactions between galling arthropods and their uniquely specialized host plants. Included also are chapters that discuss biodiversity and distribution patterns of gall-inducing arthropods, and biological control of invasive gall-inducing arthropods and of invasive trees. We believe that this book makes an important contribution to the knowledge of galling arthropods and their associates and to the development of robust, general principles of the ecology and evolution of these organisms.

Evolution. Phylogeny --- General ecology and biosociology --- biodiversiteit --- ecologie --- Europees recht