Plant-Animal Interactions in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems

Aristotle and Theophrastus on plant-animal interactions, C.A. Thanos. Part 1 Community Structure: Species-richness of vascular plants and vertebrates in relation to canopy productivity, R.L. Specht. Summergreenness, evergreenness and life history variation in Mediterranean blue tits, J. Blondel, P.C. Dias. Community structure and species richness in the Mediterranean-type soil fauna, A. Legakis. Bird diversity within and among Australian heathlands, M.L. Cody. Plant community structure in southwestern Australia and aspects of herbivory, seed dispersal and pollination, D.T. Bell. Triangular Relationships. Resource webs in Mediterranean-type climates, H.A. Mooney, R.J. Hobbs. Triangular trophic relationships in Mediterranean-climate Western Australia, B.B. Lamont. Part 2 Herbivory: Has intensive grazing by domestic livestock degraded Mediterranean Basin rangelands?, N.G. Seligman, A. Perevolotsky. Resource availability and herbivory in Larrea tridentat, P.W. Rundel, M.R. Sharifi, A. Gonzalez-Coloma. Effects of insect herbivory on plant architecture, R. Ginocchio, G. Montenegro. Part 3 Pollination: Pollination syndromes in the Mediterranean - generalizations and peculiarities, A. Dafni, C. O'Toole. Red flowers and butterfly pollination in the Cape fynbos, S.D. Johnson, W.J. Bond. Part 4 Seed Dispersal: Modes of dispersal of seeds in the Cape fynbos, E.J. Moll, B. McKenzie. Why are there so many myrmecochorous species in the Cape fynbos?, R.M. Cowling, S.M. Pierce, W.D. Stock, M. Cocks.