Useful for graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses, this book offers an introduction emphasizing the role of interactions in the evolution of biodiversity. Its chapters are devoted to the fossil record-plant-animal interactions, herbivory by insects and vertebrates, seed predation, pollination and seed dispersal by animals.

Following a general introduction emphasizing the role of interactions in the evolution of biodiversity, chapters are devoted to the fossil record-plant-animal interactions, herbivory by insects and vertebrates, seed predation, pollination and seed dispersal by animals, ant-plant interaction, and synthesis that describes emerging areas of study, including the pivotal role of plant-animal interactions in conservation biology.

Part I: Introduction1. Species Interactions and the Evolution of Biodiversity. (Peter W. Price)2. The History of Associations between Plants and Animals. (Conrad C. Labandeira)Part II: Mostly Antagonisms3. Plant-Insect Interactions in Terrestrial Ecosystems. (Sharon Y. Strauss and Arthur R. Zangerl)4. Mammalian Herbivory in Terrestrial Environments. (Kjell Danell and Roger Bergstrom)5. Granivory. (Philip E. Hulme and Craig W. Benkman)Part III: Mostly Mutualisms6. Pollination by Animals. (Olle Pellmyr)7. Seed Dispersal by Vertebrates. (Carlos M. Herrera)Part IV: Synthesis8. Ant-Plant
Interactions. (Andrew J. Beattie and
Lesley Hughes)9. Plant-Animal Interactions: Future Directions. (John N. Thompson)Appendix: Supplementary Information for Chapter 2