Evolutionary Ecology of Insect Immunity

2014 ◽  
pp. 281-300
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Ecology ◽  
Insect Immunity

The Biology of Lakes and Ponds

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christer Brönmark ◽  
Lars-Anders Hansson
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Ecology ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Environmental Threats ◽  
Freshwater Organisms ◽  
Abiotic Constraints ◽  
Abiotic And Biotic Factors ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Degraded Ecosystems ◽  
Behavioural Adaptations

The Biology of Lakes and Ponds focuses on the interactions between the abiotic frame, such as turbulence, temperature, pH and nutrients, and the organisms, including interactions with and among organisms at the individual, population and community level. The book fills this niche between traditional limnology and evolutionary ecology by focusing on physiological, morphological and behavioural adaptations among organisms to abiotic and biotic factors and how interactions between biotic processes and abiotic constraints determine the structure and dynamics of lake and pond systems. In addition, the book describes and analyses the causes and consequences of human activities on freshwater organisms and ecosystems and covers longstanding environmental threats, such as eutrophication and acidification, as well as novel threats, such as biodiversity loss, use of everyday chemicals and global climate change. However, also signs of improvement and the possibilities to restore degraded ecosystems are discussed and provide hope for future generations.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graeme D. Ruxton ◽  
William L. Allen ◽  
Thomas N. Sherratt ◽  
Michael P. Speed
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Ecology ◽  
The State ◽  
Warning Signals ◽  
The Many

In 2004, the first edition of ‘Avoiding Attack: The Evolutionary Ecology of Crypsis, Warning Signals, and Mimicry’ by Ruxton et al. was published. The book aimed to provide a systematic and up-to-date review and synthesis of widespread anti-predator defences. In it, we focussed on sensorially mediated defences and the many factors that underpin these adaptations, aiming to set out the state-of-understanding in the fascinating world of anti-predator adaptations, and highlight which topics within the field seem most ripe for further investigation....

Evolutionary ecology of Agave : distribution patterns, phylogeny, and coevolution (an homage to Howard S. Gentry)

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (2) ◽  
pp. 216-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis E. Eguiarte ◽  
Ofelia A. Jiménez Barrón ◽  
Erika Aguirre‐Planter ◽  
Enrique Scheinvar ◽  
Niza Gámez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Ecology ◽  
Distribution Patterns

Trends in the pollination ecology of the Orchidaceae: evolution and systematics

1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 642-650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond Louis Tremblay
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Evolutionary Ecology ◽  
Evolutionary Significance ◽  
Evolutionary Trend ◽  
Pollen Transfer ◽  
Orchid Species ◽  
Pollinator Species ◽  
Plant Taxon ◽  
Pollinator Specialization ◽  
The Cost

Reduction in the number of pollinator species per plant species is a mechanism that may lower the cost of pollen transfer. Using efficient pollinators may have an evolutionary significance. It is hypothesized that an evolutionary trend from many pollinators to few pollinators per plant species should be observable when species from ancestral versus recently derived monophyletic taxon are compared. Three different orchid phylogenetic sequences are used; two of the phylogenies show a reduction in the number of pollinator species per orchid species from the most ancestral to the most recently derived subfamilies. The third classification did not show this trend. It is thus possible to observe macroevolution of pollinator specialization of a monophyletic plant taxon. Key words: evolution, pollination, systematics, Orchidaceae, evolutionary ecology.

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