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Auteur(s) : Hunter, Mark D.
Titre(s) : The phytochemical landscape [Texte imprimé] : linking trophic interactions and nutrient dynamics / Mark D. Hunter
Publication : Princeton (N.J.) : Princeton university press, cop. 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X-360 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Collection : Monographs in population biology ; 56
Lien à la collection : Monographs in population biology
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 277-346. Index
The dazzling variation in plant chemistry is a primary mediator of trophic interactions,
including herbivory, predation, parasitism, and disease. At the same time, such interactions
feed back to influence spatial and temporal variation in the chemistry of plants,
in this book, Mark Hunter provides a novel approach to linking the trophic interactions
of organisms with the cycling of nutrients in ecosystems. Hunter introduces the concept
of the "phytochemical landscape"-the shifting spatial and temporal mosaic of plant
chemistry that serves as the nexus between trophic interactions and nutrient dynamics.
He shows how plant chemistry is both a cause and a consequence of trophic interactions,
and how it also mediates ecosystem processes such as nutrient cycling. Nutrients and
organic molecules in plant tissues affect decomposition rates and the fluxes of elements
such as carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus. The availability of these same nutrients
influences the chemistry of cells and tissues that plants produce. In combination,
these feedback routes generate pathways by which trophic interactions influence nutrient
dynamics and vice versa, mediated through plant chemistry. Hunter provides evidence
from terrestrial and aquatic systems for each of these pathways, and describes how
a focus of the phytochemical landscape enables us to better understand and manage
the ecosystems in which we live. Essential reading for students and researchers alike,
this book offers an integrated approach to population-, community-, and ecosystem-level
ecological processes
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Linking trophic interactions and nutrient dynamics
Sujet(s) : Interactions multitrophiques (écologie)
Cytochimie végétale -- Aspect nutritionnel
Cycles biologiques
Indice(s) Dewey :
572.2 (23e éd.) = Biochimie végétale
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780691158457. - ISBN 0691158452 (rel.)
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