By Mark D. Hunter
The superb version in plant chemistry is a major mediator of trophic interactions, together with herbivory, predation, parasitism, and illness. even as, such interactions feed again to steer spatial and temporal edition within the chemistry of crops. during this e-book, Mark Hunter offers a singular method of linking the trophic interactions of organisms with the biking of foodstuff in ecosystems.
Hunter introduces the concept that of the "phytochemical landscape"—the moving spatial and temporal mosaic of plant chemistry that serves because the nexus among trophic interactions and nutrient dynamics. He exhibits how plant chemistry is either a reason and outcome of trophic interactions, and the way it additionally mediates surroundings tactics reminiscent of nutrient biking. nutrition and natural molecules in plant tissues impact decomposition charges and the fluxes of components comparable to carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus. the provision of those related meals affects the chemistry of cells and tissues that vegetation produce. together, those suggestions routes generate pathways during which trophic interactions effect nutrient dynamics and vice versa, mediated via plant chemistry. Hunter presents proof from terrestrial and aquatic platforms for every of those pathways, and describes how a spotlight at the phytochemical panorama allows us to higher comprehend and deal with the ecosystems during which we live.
Essential studying for college students and researchers alike, this booklet bargains an built-in method of population-, community-, and ecosystem-level ecological processes.
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