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Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 188 mm x 258 mm, Gewicht: 992 g

Steele

Oak Seed Dispersal

A Study in Plant-Animal Interactions
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4214-3901-3
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

A Study in Plant-Animal Interactions

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 188 mm x 258 mm, Gewicht: 992 g

ISBN: 978-1-4214-3901-3
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press


The definitive examination of oak forest evolutionary ecology.

Seed dispersal is a critical stage in the life cycle of most flowering plants. The process can have far-reaching effects on a species' biology, especially numerous aspects of its ecology and evolution. This is particularly the case for the oaks, in which the dispersal of the acorn is tied to numerous tree characteristics, as well as the behavior and ecology of the animals that feed on and move these seeds to their final destination. Forest structure, composition, and genetics often follow directly from the dispersal process—while also influencing it in turn.

In Oak Seed Dispersal, Michael A. Steele draws on three decades of field research across the globe (e.g., the United States, Mexico, Central America, Europe, and China) to describe the interactions between oaks and their seed consumers. Rodents, birds, and insects, he writes, collectively influence the survival, movement, and germination of acorns, as well as the establishment of seedlings, often indicating a coevolutionary bond between oaks and their seed consumers. This bond can only be understood by unraveling the complex interactions that occur in the context of factors such as partial seed consumption due to acorn chemistry, scatterhoarding, predation of the seed consumers by other organisms, and the limiting effects of masting on insect, rodent, and jay damage.

Offering new insights on how animal-mediated dispersal drives ecological and evolutionary processes in forest ecosystems, Oak Seed Dispersal also includes an overview of threatened oak forests across the globe and explains how a lack of acorn dispersal contributes to many important conservation challenges. Highly illustrated, the book includes photographs of key dispersal organisms and tactics, as well as a foreword by Stephen B. Vander Wall, a leading authority on food hoarding and animal-mediated seed dispersal, and beautiful artwork by Tad C. Theimer, also an accomplished ecologist.

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Foreword, by Stephen B. Vander Wall
Preface
Chapter 1. Seed Dispersal
Chapter 2. The Distribution, Diversity, and Evolution of the Oaks
Chapter 3. The Oak Life Cycle
Chapter 4. Masting in Oaks
Chapter 5. The Oak Dispersal Process: Intrinsic Factors I
Chapter 6. The Oak Dispersal Process: Intrinsic Factors II
Chapter 7. The Oak Dispersal Process: Extrinsic Factors I
Chapter 8. The Oak Dispersal Process: Extrinsic Factors II
Chapter 9. The Rodents: Seed Predators or Seed Dispersers?
Chapter 10. The Jays: A Different Kind of Oak Dispersal Agent
Chapter 11. The Mind of the Scatterhoarder
Chapter 12. The Insects: Acorn Predators, Parasites, or Commensals?
Chapter 13. Anthropogenic Factors Influencing Oak Dispersal, Establishment, and Regeneration
Chapter 14. Threatened Oak Forests and Oak Forest Conservation
Chapter 15. Oak Dispersal and Oak-Animal Interactions: Looking Forward
Literature Cited
Index


Steele, Michael A
Michael A. Steele is the H. Fenner Endowed Professor of Research Biology at Wilkes University. He is a coauthor of North American Tree Squirrels, Squirrels of the World, and Terrestrial Vertebrates of Pennsylvania: A Complete Guide to Species of Conservation Concern.

Michael A. Steele is the H. Fenner Endowed Professor of Research Biology at Wilkes University. He is a coauthor of North American Tree Squirrels, Squirrels of the World, and Terrestrial Vertebrates of Pennsylvania: A Complete Guide to Species of Conservation Concern.



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