Books of Interest

  • Crawley, M.J. 1986. Plant Ecology. Oxford: Blackwell Science. (call number QK 901 P57)
  • Huxley, C.R. and D.F. Cutler. 1991. Ant-Plant Interactions. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (call number QL 568 F7)

Chapters of Particular Interest:

Chapter 8 – Cushman, J.H. and J.F. Addicott. Conditional interactions in ant-plant-herbivore mutualisms (pg. 92-103).

Chapter 9 – Bristow, C.M. Why are so few aphids ant-tended? (pg. 104-119).

Chapter 10 – Compton, S.G. and H.G. Roberston. Effects of ant-homopteran systems on fig-figwasp interactions (pg. 120-130).

Chapter 11 – Pierce, N.E., D.R. Nash, M. Baylis, and E.R. Carper. Variation in the attractiveness of lycaenid butterfly larvae to ants (pg. 131-142).

Chapter 12 – DeVries, P.J. Evolutionary and ecological patterns in myrmecophilous riodinid butterflies (pg. 143-156).

Chapter 13 – Schupp, E.W. and D.H. Feener, Jr. Phylogeny, lifeform, and habitat dependance of ant-defended plants in a panamanian forest (pg 175-197).

Chapter 14 – Oliveira, P.S. and C.R.F. Brandao. The ant community associated with extrafloral nectaries in the Brazialian cerrados (pg. 198-212).

Chapter 15 – Koptur, S. Extrafloral nectaries of herbs and trees: modelling the interaction with ants and parasitoids (pg. 213-230).

  • Mulkey, S.S, R.L. Chazdon, A.P. Smith. 1996. Tropical Forest Plant Ecophysiology. New York: Chapman and Hall. (call number QK 938 R34 T76)

Chapters of Particular Interest:

Chapter 11 – Coley, P. and T. Kursar. Anti-herbivore defenses of young tropical leaves: physiological constraints and ecological trade-offs.

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