Ecological Communities

Takayuki Ohgushi is a Professor at the Center for Ecological Research at Kyoto University. Timothy P. Craig is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Minnesota in Duluth. Peter W. Price is Regents' Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biological Sciences at Northern Arizona University.

• Preface; Part I. Introduction: 1. Indirect interaction webs: an introduction Takayuki Ohgushi, Timothy P. Craig and Peter W. Price; Part II. Interaction Linkages Produced by Plant-mediated Indirect Effects: 2. Plant-mediated interactions in herbivorous insects: mechanisms, symmetry, and challenging the paradigms of competition past Robert F. Denno and Ian Kaplan; 3. Going with the flow: plant vascular systems mediate indirect interactions between plants, insect herbivores and hemi-parasitic plants Susan E. Hartley, Kathy A. Bass and Scott N. Johnson; 4. Plant-mediated effects linking herbivory and pollination Judith L. Bronstein, Travis E. Huxman and Goggy Davidowitz; 5. Trait-mediated indirect interactions, density-mediated indirect interactions and direct interactions between mammalian and insect herbivores Jóse M. Gómez and Adela Gonzáles-Megías; 6. Insect-mycorrhizal interactions: patterns, processes and consequences Alan C. Gange; Part III. Plant-mediated Indirect Effects in Multitrophic Systems: 7. Plant-mediated interactions between below- and aboveground processes: decomposition, herbivory, parasitism and pollination Katja Poveda, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Stefan Scheu and Teja Tscharntke; 8. Bottom-up cascades induced by fungal endophytes in multitrophic systems Enrique J. Chaneton and Marina Omacini; 9. Ecology meets plant physiology: herbivore-induced plant responses and their indirect effects on arthropod communities Maurice W. Sabelis, Junji Takabayashi, Arne Janssen, Merijn Kant, Michiel van Wijk, Beata Sznajder, Nayanie Aratchige, Izabela Lesna, Belen Belliure and Robert C. Schuurink; Part IV. Plant-mediated Indirect Effects on Communities and Biodiversity: 10. Nontrophic, indirect interaction webs of herbivorous insects Takayuki Ohgushi; 11. Effects of arthropods as physical ecosystem engineers on plant-based trophic interaction webs Robert J. Marquis and John T. Lill; 12. Host plants mediated ant-aphid mutualisms and their effects on community structure and diversity Gina M. Wimp and Thomas G. Whitham; 13. Biodiversity is related to indirect interactions among species of large effect Joseph K. Bailey and Thomas G. Whitham; Part V. Evolutionary Consequences of Plant-mediated Indirect Effects: 14. Evolution of plant-mediated interactions among natural enemies Timothy P. Craig; 15. Linking ecological and evolutionary change in multitrophic interactions: assessing the evolutionary consequences of herbivore-induced changes in plant traits David M. Althoff; Part VI. Synthesis: 16. Indirect interaction webs propagated by herbivore-induced changes in plant traits Takayuki Ohgushi, Timothy P. Craig and Peter W. Price.

Review of the hardback: 'This book is a must in any ecology library and reminds us that ecological systems dynamics are much more than just direct trophic interactions. Indirect interaction webs are to be taken into serious consideration if we wish to understand biotic interactions in terrestrial systems.' Basic and Applied Ecology