All Flesh Is Grass: Plant-Animal Interrelationships

Introduction . [Seckbach, J.] List of authors and their addresses PART 1: EVOLUTION Evolution of Plant-Animal Interactions. [Chela-Flores, J., et al.] PART 2: INSECTS INTERACTIONS The Leaf Cutting Ant-Plant Interaction from a Microbial Ecology Perspective. [Abril A.] Intestinal Spirochetes of Termites. [K?nig, H. and Dr?ge, S.] The Plant-Aphid Universe. [Iluz, D.] Insect-Plant Interactions: The Gall Factor. [Raman, A.] PART 3: POLLINATION AND SEED DISPERSAL Ants as Pollinators of Plants and the Role of Floral Scents. [Rostas, M. and Tautz, J.] Crop Pollination In Modern Agriculture.[Dag, A.] Bee Cognition and Crop Pollination: Proven and Potential Applications. [Shafir, S.] Zoochory - seed dispersal. [Iluz, D.] PART 4: ANIMALS AND HUMANS INVOLVEMENT Grazing Livestock, Our Connection To Grass: A Mediterra-Nean Insight: Why They Eat What They Eat, And How It Affects Us. [Landau, S.Y. and Molle, G.] Herbivore - Plant Interactions And Desertification In Arid Lands. [Whitford, W.G. and Steinberger, Y.] Microscopic in Size: Macroscopic in Impact. Diatom-Human Interactions. [Kociolek, J. P.] PART 5: PLANT DEFENSES Biochemical Plant Defenses Against Herbivores: From Poisons to Spices. [Smith, C. M.] The Xanthium Genus: Cocklebur Toxins Against Hostile Surroundings and Its Pharmacological Properties. [Seckbach, J] PART 6: MARINE ENVIRONMENTS The Diversity of Epizoic Diatoms: Relationships Between Diatoms and Marine Invertebrates. [Totti, et al.] Epizoic Diatoms on Gastropod Shells: When Substrate Complexity Selects for Microcommunity Complexity. [D'alelio, D. et al] Managing the Interactions Between Plants and Animals in Marine Multi-Trophic Aquaculture: Integrated Shrimp and Valuable Low Food Chain Organisms with Seaweeds. [Robledo, D. and Freile-Pelegrin, Y.] Marine Microralgae/Cyanobacteria-Invertebrate Symbiosis: Trading Energy for Strategic Material. [Stambler, N.] The Role of Rhodolith Beds in the Recruitment of Invertebrate Species: from the South-western Gulf of California, Mexico. Riosmena-Rodriguez, R. and Medina-Lopez M.A.] Fueled by symbiosis foraminifera have evolved to be giant complex protists.[Lee, J. J.] PART 7: CARNIVOROUS PLANTS Ecophysiological Look at Plant Carnivory: Why are Plants Carnivorous? [Adamec L.] Reversing the Roles of Predator and Prey: A Review of Carnivory in the Botanical World. [Rice, B.A.] PART 8: OUTLOOK AND SUMMARY Summary, Final Comments and Conclusions. [Dubinsky, Z. and Seckbach, J.] Organism Index Subject Index Author Index