Insect-Fungal Associations
Ecology and Evolution
ISBN13: 9780195166521ISBN10: 0195166523
Hardback,
352 pages
Jan 2005,
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$75.00 (06)Table of Contents
Introduction: Seven Wonders of the Insect-Fungus World
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Part I. Fungi Acting Against Insects
1.
Phylogenetics of the insect Pathogenic Genus Beauveria
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2.
Phylogeography of Metarhizium, an Insect Pathogenic Fungus
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3.
Interactions Between Entomopathogenic Fungi and Arthropod Natural Enemies
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4.
Ecology and Evolution of Fungal Endophytes and Their Roles Against Insects
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5.
The Fungal Roots of Microspordian Parasites
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6.
Fungal Biotrophic Parasites of Insects and Other Arthropods
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Part II. Fungi Mutualistic with Insects
7.
Reciprical Illumination: A Composition of Agriculture in Humans and in Fungus-Growing Ants
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8.
Evolutionary Dynamics of the Mutualistic Symbiosis between Fungus-Growing Termites and Termitomyces Fungi
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9.
The Role of Yeasts as Insect Endosymbionts
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10.
The Beetle Gut as a Habitat for New Species of Yeasts
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11.
Ecology and Evolution of Mycophagous Bark Beetles and Their Fungal Partners
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Conclusion: Symbioses, Biocomplexity, and Metagenomes
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