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Zusatztext One of the pleasures of reading Judith Bronsteinâs marvelous new book is seeing that mutualism is no longer a problem. The apparent contradictions between what clearly is, and what ought to be, have by and large been resolved. There are not only solutions for mutualismâs existence problem, but a wide array of new concepts, methods, and tools that take biologists in exciting new directions. The book both summarizes and moves beyond recent discoveries, suggesting fundamental questions to occupy both the next generation of students and those of us of less tender years. Informationen zum Autor Judith L. Bronstein is University Distinguished Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, with a joint appointment in the Department of Entomology, at the University of Arizona. She has published over 100 papers, primarily on mutualism; in addition to her studies on pollination and protection mutualisms, she has worked to develop a conceptual framework for this field since receiving her PhD. An award-winning instructor, she teaches ecology at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. She is currently Editor-in-Chief of The American Naturalist and Advisory Editor for Oxford Bibliographies Online: Ecology. She received the Distinguished Service Award from the National Science Foundation in 2008. Klappentext The first synthetic, conceptual overview of mutualism in more than 25 years, edited by the leading figure in the field, identifying the ecological and evolutionary features that unite and divide mutualisms and placing them in clear relation to other pairwise, interspecific interactions. Zusammenfassung The first synthetic, conceptual overview of mutualism in more than 25 years, edited by the leading figure in the field, identifying the ecological and evolutionary features that unite and divide mutualisms and placing them in clear relation to other pairwise, interspecific interactions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Section 1 1: Judith L. Bronstein: The Study of Mutualism 2: Angela E Douglas: The Special Case of Symbioses: Mutualisms with Persistent Contact Section 2 3: George D. Weiblen and Erin L. Treiber: Evolutionary Origins and Diversification of Mutualism 4: Erol Akçay: Evolutionary Models of Mutualism 5: Carina A. Baskett and Douglas W. Schemske: Evolution and Genetics of Mutualism 6: Joel L. Sachs: The Exploitation of Mutualisms 7: Bruce Anderson: Coevolution in Mutualisms Section 3 8: J. Nathaniel Holland: Population Ecology of Mutualism 9: Todd M. Palmer, Elizabeth G. Pringle, Adrian Stier and Robert D. Holt: Mutualism in a Community Context 10: Jason D. Hoeksema and Emilio M. Bruna: Context-Dependent Outcomes of Mutualistic Interactions 11: Jordi Bascompte and Jens M. Olesen: Mutualistic Networks 12: Nancy Collins Johnson: Mutualisms and Ecosystem Level Processes Section 4 13: E. Toby Kiers, Anthony R. Ives and Atsushi Kawakita: Global Change and Mutualisms 14: Rachael Winfree, Molly MacLeod, Tina Harrison, and Daniel P. Cariveau: Conserving and Restoring Mutualisms ...
