Plants ecology

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Unit of Comparative Plant Ecology (NERC), Department of Plant Sciences, The University, Sheffield SIO 2TN. 

By necessity, herbivores have evolved GIT and systemic compensatory mechanisms that allow them to subsist on plant-based diets that have limited nutrient quality and include phytochemicals. Still, herbivores remain susceptible to some of the anti-nutrient and toxic phytochemicals. For example, several herbivores are sensitive to the phytotoxins associated with autumn crocus, which include colchicine (Yamada et al, 2000). As a consequence, herbivores tend to select species and portions of plants based on a combination of nutrient quality and concentrations of phytochemicals (Yeager et al, 1997), and this has an impact on habitat selection and plant ecology (Duncan and Gordon, 1999). Carnivorous species have not been under selective pressure to develop similar compensatory mechanisms, generally have only limited abilities to subsist on plant-based diets, and in many cases are less tolerant of phytochemicals. 

J. P. Grime, J. G. Hodgson, R. Hunt, The Abridged Comparative Plant Ecology, Chapman and Hall London, 1990. 

Plant Amino Acids Biochemistry and Biotechnology, edited by Bijay K. Singh Handbook of Functional Plant Ecology, edited by Francisco I. Pugnaire and Fernando Valladares... 

Feucht, W. and Treutter, D. (1999). The role of flavan-3-ols and proanthocyanidins in plant defense , in Inderjit, K. and Dakshini M.M F.C.L., Principles and Practices of Plant Ecology, CRC Press, London, 307-338. 

Roshchina, V.V. and Mel nikova, E.V. (1999). Microspectrofluorimetry of intact secreting cells applied to allelopathy. In Principles and Practices in Plant Ecology Allelochemicals Interactions, (Eds., Inderjit, K.M.M.Dakshini, and C.L.Foy). Pp.99-126. CRC Press, Boca Raton. 

Roshchina, V. V. and Melnikova, E. V. (1996). Microspectrofluorometry A new technique to study pollen allelopathy. Allelopathy Journal 3 51-58 Roshchina, V. V. and Melnikova, E. V. (1998). Allelopathy and plant generative cells Participation of acetylcholine and histamine in signaling interactions of pollen and pistil. Allelopathy Journal 5 171-182 Roshchina, V.V. and Melnikova, E. V. (1999). Microspectrofluorometry of intact secreting cells applied to allelopathy. ln Principles and Practices in Plant Ecology., Inderjit, K. M. M. Dakshini, and C. L. Foy (eds) pp. 99-126. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA. 

Department of Crop Science and Plant Ecology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 0W0... 

The Status of Defense Models in Terrestrial Plant Ecology... 

Ruhling, A., and G. Tyler. Effects of Heavy Metal Pollution on the Decomposition of Spruce Needle Litter. Department of Plant Ecology, University of Lund, Sweden, 1972. 48 pp. 

Traveset, A. (1998). Effects of seed passage through vertebrate frugivores guts on germination a review. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 1,151-190. 

Ecophysiology of zoophilic pollination. In Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology Physiological Plant Ecology III, eds. O. L. Lang, P. S. Nobel, . B. Osmond and... 

Patrick j. Michaels is the Virginia State Climatologist, Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia, and the CEO of an environmental consulting firm. He holds A.B. and S.M. degrees in biological sciences and plant ecology from the Univer-... 

M. G. Barbour, J. H. Burk, W. D. Pitts, F. S. Gilliam, and M. W. Schwartz Terrestrial Plant Ecology, Third Edition... 

Royer DL, Wilf P, Janesko DA, Kowalski EA, Dilcher DL (2005) Correlations of climate and plant ecology to leaf size and shape Potential proxies for the fossil record. Am J Botany 92 1141-1151... 

Leuschner C (2000) Are high elevations in tropical mountains arid environments for plants Ecology 81 1425-1436... 

Waller, G.R., M.C. Feng, Y. Fujii. Biochemical analysis of allelopathic compounds plants, microorganisms, and soil secondary metabolites. In Principles and Practices in Plant Ecology Allelochemical interactions, Inderjit, Dakshini and Foy C.L. eds. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, US A. 1999, pp. 

Schmidt, S.K., Ley, R.E. Microbial competition and soil structure limit the expression of allelochemicals in nature. In Principles and Practices in Plant Ecology Allelochemical Interactions, Inderjit,... 

Gaines, S. D., Herbivory and between-habitat diversity the differential effectiveness of defenses in a marine plant, Ecology, 66, 473, 1985. 

Dalton, B. R., 1999. The occurrence and behavior of plant phenolic acids in soil environments and their potential involvement in allelochemical interference interactions Methodological limitations in establishing conclusive proof of allelopathy. In Inderjit, Dakshini, K. M. M., and Foy, C. L., (Eds.), Principles and Practices in Plant Ecology Allelochemical Interactions, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 57-74... 

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