Chemical Mediation of Coevolution (eBook)

Kevin C. Spencer (Herausgeber)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
626 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4832-5941-3 (ISBN)

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Chemical Mediation of Coevolution explores the degree to which chemicals are the currency of information exchange in coevolved systems; it also reexamines existing concepts of coevolution through interpretation of chemical parameters. The contents of this volume are based on the ''Chemical Mediation of Coevolution'' symposium held on 14-15 August 1985 as part of the 36th annual AIBS meeting at the University of Florida. The volume contains 18 chapters majority of which address plant-chemical-insect systems. Explorations are also made into mammalian systems and into insect mimicry, as that process derives ultimately from herbivory upon plants. The data thus presented will specifically address chemistry as a factor in the establishment and maintenance of coevolution, and test coevolutionary concepts for their pertinence to chemically mediated systems. It is hoped that this collected work will provide an impetus for careful reconsideration of the possible roles played by chemistry in the establishment, maintenance, and fate of coevolutionary relationships.

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Chemical Mediation of Coevolution explores the degree to which chemicals are the currency of information exchange in coevolved systems; it also reexamines existing concepts of coevolution through interpretation of chemical parameters. The contents of this volume are based on the "e;"e;Chemical Mediation of Coevolution"e;"e; symposium held on 14-15 August 1985 as part of the 36th annual AIBS meeting at the University of Florida. The volume contains 18 chapters majority of which address plant-chemical-insect systems. Explorations are also made into mammalian systems and into insect mimicry, as that process derives ultimately from herbivory upon plants. The data thus presented will specifically address chemistry as a factor in the establishment and maintenance of coevolution, and test coevolutionary concepts for their pertinence to chemically mediated systems. It is hoped that this collected work will provide an impetus for careful reconsideration of the possible roles played by chemistry in the establishment, maintenance, and fate of coevolutionary relationships.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Chemical Mediation of Coevolution 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 6
Contributors 12
Preface 14
CHAPTER 1. Introduction: Chemistry and Coevolution 18
CHAPTER 2. Genetics of Pairwise and Multispecies Plant–Herbivore Coevolution 30
I. Introduction 31
II. Pairwise Coevolution 36
III. Multispecies Coevolution: Theory 46
IV. Short-Term Multispecies Coevolution: Relevant Data 54
V. Conclusions 64
Acknowledgments 65
References 65
CHAPTER 3. Forces Preventing Coevolution in the Three-Trophic-Level System: Willow, a Gall-Forming Herbivore, and Parasitoid 74
I. Introduction 74
II. Natural History 77
III. Results 78
IV. Discussion 89
Acknowledgments 94
References 95
CHAPTER 4. Searching for Defensive Chemistry in the Cruciferae, or, Do Glucosinolates Always Control Interactions of Cruciferae with Their Potential Herbivores and Symbionts? No! 98
I. Introduction 98
II. Glucosinolates as Determinants of Host-Plant Specificity 101
III. Two Cases of Negative Evidence 105
IV. Evolution of Chemical Defense in the Cruciferae 113
Acknowledgments 121
References 121
CHAPTER 5. Stalemates in the Coevolutionary Arms Race: Syntheses, Synergisms, and Sundry Other Sins 130
I. Constraints on Experimental Detection of Coevolution 131
II. Constraints on Selection Response in a Coevolutionary Interaction 131
III. Genetics of Resistance in Wild Parsnip to Parsnip Webworms 135
IV. Syntheses as Constraints 139
V. Synergisms as Constraints 141
VI. Sundry Other Sins 143
VII. Conclusions 145
Acknowledgments 146
References 146
CHAPTER 6. Chemistry and Coevolution: Iridoid Glycosides, Plants, and Herbivorous Insects 150
I. Introduction 150
II. The Iridoid Glycosides 151
III. Iridoid Glycosides, Plants, and Insects 155
IV. Chemistry and Coevolution 165
V. Conclusion—Chemical Coevolution in Plant–Insect Interactions 173
Acknowledgments 175
References 175
CHAPTER 7. Chemical Mediation of Coevolution in the Passiflora–Heliconius Interaction 184
I. Introduction 185
II. Chemistry 193
III. Enzymes 201
IV. Biological Defense 206
V. Analyses of Correlation between Heliconius and Passiflora and Plant Chemistry 212
VI. Ecological Action 238
VII. Summary 244
Acknowledgments 247
References 247
CHAPTER 8. Tale of the Tiger: Beringial Biogeography, Binomial Classification, and Breakfast Choices in the Papilio glaucus Complex of Butterflies 258
I. Introduction 258
II. Swallowtails in North America 262
III. Glaciation Effects and Biogeography 293
IV. Conclusions 305
Acknowledgments 306
References 307
CHAPTER 9. Comparative Mechanisms of Host Selection by Insects Attacking Pine Trees and Crucifers 320
I. Pine Tree-Bark Beetle Relationships 321
II. Crucifer–Insect Relationships 326
III. Conclusions 330
Acknowledgments 331
References 331
CHAPTER 10. Variation in the Terpene Chemistry of Douglas-Fir and Its Relationship to Western Spruce Budworm Success 334
I. Introduction 335
II. Materials and Methods 336
III. Results 341
IV. Discussion 349
V. Summary 357
Acknowledgments 358
References 358
CHAPTER 11. The Induced Defense Hypothesis: Does It Apply to the Population Dynamics of Insects? 362
I. Introduction 362
II. Methods 367
III. Results 368
IV. Discussion 371
V. Conclusions 379
Acknowledgments 380
References 380
CHAPTER 12. 
384 
I. Introduction 384
II. Environmental Constraint of Constitutive Defenses 385
III. Environmental Constraint of Long-Term Inducible Defenses 394
IV. Summary and Synthesis 399
Acknowledgments 400
References 400
CHAPTER 13. 
408 
I. Introduction 408
II. Experimental Studies of Interactions between Seasonal Folivores 411
III. Evolution of Seasonal Feeding Patterns 422
IV. Coevolution of Seasonal Folivores on Shared Host Plants 425
V. Summary 426
Acknowledgments 427
References 427
CHAPTER 14. Adaptations of Mammalian Herbivores to Plant Chemical Defenses 432
I. Introduction 432
II. Factors Influencing Nutritional Status 434
III. Behavioral Adaptations to Plant Chemical Defenses 436
IV. Physiological Adaptations to Plant Chemical Defenses 440
V. Biochemical Adaptations to Plant Chemical Defenses 443
VI. Responses of Microtine Rodents to Secondary Compounds 447
VII. Are Plant-Mammal Systems Coevolved? 451
VIII. Conclusions 454
Acknowledgments 455
References 455
CHAPTER 15. Exaptation as an Alternative to Coevolution in the Cardenolide-Based Chemical Defense of Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus L.) against Avian Predators 464
I. Introduction: Background of the Study 465
II. Purpose of the Present Study 471
III. Methods and Materials 472
IV. Results 478
V. Discussion 480
VI. Summary and Conclusions 486
Acknowledgments 487
References 487
CHAPTER 16. 
494 
I. Introduction 495
II. Chemical Defense in Romalea guttata 497
III. Relationships between Diet Breadth and Chemical Defense in Romalea guttata 503
IV. Mechanisms, Models, and Consequences to Romalea guttata 510
V. Diet Breadth and Insect Chemical Defenses: General Hypotheses 519
Acknowledgments 525
References 525
CHAPTER 17. 
530 
I. Terminology 531
II. Unusual Aspects of Chemical Signals 531
III. A Review of Known Systems 533
IV. Possible Evolutionary Patterns 562
V. Summary 578
Acknowledgments 579
References 580
APPENDIX A: COMMENTS ON TABLES IIa AND IIb 593
APPENDIX B: RELATED PHENOMENA 595
APPENDIX C: ASSUMPTIONS AND OVERSIMPLIFICATIONS 596
CHAPTER 18. 
598 
I. Coevolution as a Chemical Process 599
II. Coevolved Systems and the Environment 600
III. Chemicals as Agents of Selection 600
IV. Chemical Variation 601
V. Higher-Order Interactions 601
VI. Coadaptation and Cospeciation 602
VII. Questions and Directions 603
SUBJECT INDEX 606
BlOSYSTEMATIC INDEX 614

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.10.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 1-4832-5941-2 / 1483259412
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4832-5941-3 / 9781483259413