Chemical biology of the tropics :
Chemical biology of the tropics : an interdisciplinary approach /
Jorge M. Vivanco, Tiffany Weir, editors.
- First Edition
- ix, 115 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
- Signaling and communication in plants .
includes index.
Includes bibliographical references.
Biodiversity / Emily Wortman-Wunder, Jorge Vivanco, and Mark W. Paschke -- Chemical ecology : definition and famous examples / Emily Wortman-Wunder and Jorge M. Vivanco -- Chemical defenses of insects : a rich resource for chemical biology in the tropics / Aaron T. Dossey -- Defensive behaviors in leaf beetles : from the unusual to the weird / Caroline S. Chaboo -- Microbes : a new frontier in tropical chemical biology / Tiffany Weir, Daniel Manter, and Waltraud Kofer -- Out on a limb : true confessions of a bug detective / Margaret D. Lowman -- So, you want to do research in the rainforest? / Arthur S. Edison, Eric Cosiok, Stephan Hally, and Jorge Vivanco.
The mystique of the rainforest has captured the imaginations of generations of young people, explorers, authors, and biologists. It is a delicate ecosystem whose myriad sounds and smells, whose vibrancy of life, is balanced by constant cycles of death and decay. It is a place of fierce competition where unusual partnerships are forged and creative survival strategies are the norm. In this book, you will meet the scientific pioneers who first attempted to quantify and understand the vast diversity of these tropical forests, as well as their successors, who utilize modern tools and technologies to dissect the chemical nature of rainforest interactions.
9783642268069
2011928226
Rain forests
Chemical ecology
Environmental chemistry
QH541.15.C44 / C433 2011
577.14
includes index.
Includes bibliographical references.
Biodiversity / Emily Wortman-Wunder, Jorge Vivanco, and Mark W. Paschke -- Chemical ecology : definition and famous examples / Emily Wortman-Wunder and Jorge M. Vivanco -- Chemical defenses of insects : a rich resource for chemical biology in the tropics / Aaron T. Dossey -- Defensive behaviors in leaf beetles : from the unusual to the weird / Caroline S. Chaboo -- Microbes : a new frontier in tropical chemical biology / Tiffany Weir, Daniel Manter, and Waltraud Kofer -- Out on a limb : true confessions of a bug detective / Margaret D. Lowman -- So, you want to do research in the rainforest? / Arthur S. Edison, Eric Cosiok, Stephan Hally, and Jorge Vivanco.
The mystique of the rainforest has captured the imaginations of generations of young people, explorers, authors, and biologists. It is a delicate ecosystem whose myriad sounds and smells, whose vibrancy of life, is balanced by constant cycles of death and decay. It is a place of fierce competition where unusual partnerships are forged and creative survival strategies are the norm. In this book, you will meet the scientific pioneers who first attempted to quantify and understand the vast diversity of these tropical forests, as well as their successors, who utilize modern tools and technologies to dissect the chemical nature of rainforest interactions.
9783642268069
2011928226
Rain forests
Chemical ecology
Environmental chemistry
QH541.15.C44 / C433 2011
577.14