Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter One Introduction
- Part I Community
- Part II Coevolution
- Part III Ecosystem
- Part IV Applied Ecology
- Chapter Twenty-Two Perspective
- Chapter Twenty-Three Natural enemy functional identity, trait-mediated interactions and biological control
- Chapter Twenty-Four Trait-mediated effects modify patch-size density relationships in insect herbivores and parasitoids
- Chapter Twenty-Five Plasticity and trait-mediated indirect interactions among plants
- Chapter Twenty-Six Climate change, phenology and the nature of consumer–resource interactions
- Chapter Twenty-Seven Coda
- Index
- Plate Section
- References
Chapter Twenty-Seven - Coda
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter One Introduction
- Part I Community
- Part II Coevolution
- Part III Ecosystem
- Part IV Applied Ecology
- Chapter Twenty-Two Perspective
- Chapter Twenty-Three Natural enemy functional identity, trait-mediated interactions and biological control
- Chapter Twenty-Four Trait-mediated effects modify patch-size density relationships in insect herbivores and parasitoids
- Chapter Twenty-Five Plasticity and trait-mediated indirect interactions among plants
- Chapter Twenty-Six Climate change, phenology and the nature of consumer–resource interactions
- Chapter Twenty-Seven Coda
- Index
- Plate Section
- References
Summary
Community section
Phenotypic plasticity is a ubiquitous phenomenon in nature, and provides a basis for trait-mediated indirect interactions (TMIIs) among species in ecological communities. Since trait-mediated indirect effects (TMIEs) are replete across a wide range of ecosystems, it is becoming increasingly apparent that phenotypic plasticity in response to interacting species can play an important role in determining community organization and dynamics. Below we highlight the major findings of community consequences of TMIIs in this volume.
TMIIs are common and can determine trophic structure in marine pelagic and insect host–parasitoid systems, both of which have been little explored (Chapters 3 and 4).
TMIEs in prey–predator systems should be taken into consideration in terms of non-trophic links (Chapter 2), size- and age-structure of a population (Chapter 5) and density-dependence (Chapter 6).
Herbivore-caused phenotypic plasticity and/or genetic variations of plants have significant, indirect impacts on diversity and abundance of predators, and prey–predator interactions by bottom-up cascading effects (Chapters 7 and 9).
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- Trait-Mediated Indirect InteractionsEcological and Evolutionary Perspectives, pp. 526 - 529Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012