Fleming, Theodore H., <br/><br/>
The ornaments of life  coevolution and conservation in the tropics / 
Theodore H. Fleming and W. John Kress. 
 - Chicago :  The University of Chicago Press,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource (pages). 
 - Interspecific interactions .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Patterns of regional and community diversity --  The resource base --  Patterns of pollen and seed dispersal and their ecological and genetic consequences --  Macroevolutionary consequences of pollen and seed dispersal --  Phylogeny and biogeography of these mutualisms --  The pollination mutualism --  The frugivory mutualism --  Synthesis and conclusions about the ecology and evolution of angiosperm-vertebrate mutualisms --  The future of vertebrate-angiosperm mutualisms. 
<br/><br/> The average kilometer of tropical rainforest is teeming with life; it contains thousands of species of plants and animals. As this book reveals, many of the most colourful and eye-catching rainforest inhabitants are an important component of the infrastructure that supports life in the forest. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226023328 9781299784543 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pollination by animals--Tropics.<br/>Seed dispersal by animals--Tropics.<br/>Angiosperms--Pollination--Tropics.<br/>Vertebrates--Tropics.<br/>Animal-plant relationships--Tropics.<br/>Mutualism (Biology)--Tropics.<br/>Coevolution--Tropics.<br/>Conservation biology--Tropics.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QH549  / .O763 2013