Interrelationship Between Insects and PlantsOne of the world's most insightful writers on the subject brings together an array of important and readable information on the ways in which insects and plants coexist in nature. Interrelationship Between Insects and Plants is a rare and expansive look at the intertwining of these two vastly different species. Its aim is to summarize in a simple a |
Contents
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2 Plantfeeding insects and arthropods of the geological past | 11 |
3 An early twentieth century classification of food plant selection among phytophagous in sects | 27 |
4 Relationships between insects and fungi | 55 |
5 Physiology of food selection | 71 |
6 Carnivorous and protocamivorous plants | 101 |
7 Myrmecophily and antplants | 123 |
epizoic symbiosis | 143 |
12 Pollination | 173 |
13 Coevolution or not between insects and plants | 201 |
14 A general review of insectplant relationships some thoughts about learning the canopy | 209 |
15 Epilogue | 217 |
Glossary | 219 |
References | 237 |
Plant index | 279 |
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9 Galls and mines | 151 |
10 Insect mimicry and homochromy in relation to plants | 161 |
11 Natural weed control in the Holarctic region and in the tropics using phytophagous insects | 167 |
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