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Author:   Theodore H. Fleming ,  W. John Kress
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Imprint:   University of Chicago Press
Dimensions:   Width: 1.70cm , Height: 0.40cm , Length: 2.30cm
Weight:   1.304kg
ISBN:  

9780226253411

ISBN 10:   0226253414
Pages:   616
Publication Date:   03 October 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  Adult education ,  General ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Theodore H. Fleming and W. John Kress provide an around-the-world tour of tropical flowers and fruits, and mutual dependency between the plants that produce them and the animals that visit them. The rich blend of natural history and evolutionary ecology yields many new insights about origins and importance of these 'ornaments' to tropical ecosystems. This book will spark the imagination and curiosity of anyone interested in the beauty of nature. --Douglas Levey National Science Foundation

Theodore H. Fleming and W. John Kress here bring together current knowledge of the ecology and evolution of vertebrate-plant mutualisms, from biogeography and energetics through species proliferation and conservation. They ve analyzed the reciprocal fine-tuning between bird-pollinated flowers and nectarivorous birds, or fruits and seed dispersers, on a worldwide scale and in the context of molecular-clock dated phylogenies, resulting in an unrivaled synthesis. --Susanne Renner Ludwig-Maximilans-Universitat

This lovely paperback presents a comprehensive and absorbing survey of coevolution and conservation in the tropics. It covers such interesting subjects as mutualism in pollination and frugivory, the phylogeny and biogeography of mutualism, and macroevolutionary consequences of pollen and seed dispersal. Printed on heavy glossy paper, filled with many full-colour photographs, diagrams, tables and data graphs, this meticulously researched book also includes two appendices, 74 pages of references, and separate indices listing subjects and species. This scholarly work can be used as a university-level textbook, as a reference, or as a guide for self-study. --GrrlScientist Guardian (UK)

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Theodore H. Fleming is professor emeritus of biology at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. W. John Kress is a curator and research botanist as well as director of the Consortium for Understanding and Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet at the Smithsonian Institution.

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