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The ornaments of life coevolution and conservation in the tropics / Theodore H. Fleming and W. John Kress.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, (c)2013.Description: 1 online resource (pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780226023328
  • 9781299784543
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • QH549 .O763 2013
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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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