Species diversity and community structure: novel patterns and processes in plants, insects, and fungi / Teiji Sota [et.al]

Includes bibliographical references.

Metagenomic Approach Yields Insights into Fungal Diversity
and Functioning
1 Introduction
2 An Overview of Fungal Diversity and Functioning
3 Methods to Study Fungal Diversity
4 How Many Fungal Species on the Globe?
5 Fungal Metagenomics and Methodological Considerations
6 DNA Barcoding of Fungi
7 Tropical Regions As a Hotspot of Fungal Diversity
Linking Fungal Diversity to Functioning
Insect-Plant Interactions in Plant-Based Community/Ecosystem
Genetics
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Community Consequences of Insect-Plant Interactions
2.2.1 Herbivore-Induced Plant Responses and Their
Genetic Variation
2.2.2 Community-Level Consequences of Genetic Variation
in Herbivore-Induced Responses
2.2.3 Insect-Plant Interactions Modifying Plant
Genetic Effects
2.2.4 Evolutionary Feedback to Induced Plant Defense
2.3 Ecosystem Consequences of Insect-Plant Interactions
2.3.1 insect Herbivores and Ecosystem Processes
2.3.2 Diversity of Antiherbivore Defense in Plants
2.3.3 Relationship Between Antiherbivore Defenses
and Litter Decomposability
2.3.4 Intraspecific Variation in Palatability and Decomposability
2.4 Future Directions
Accelerated Diversification by Spatial and Temporal Isolation
Associated with Life-History Evolution in Insects
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Evolution of Flightlessness May Promote Allopatric Speciation
3.2.1 Loss of Flight Promotes Beetle Diversification:
Hypothesis Testing with Carrion Beetles
3.2.2 Effects of Habitat Continuity and Persistence/Stability
3.2.3 Flight Capability and Speciation Rate
in a Broader Context
3.3 Allochronic Speciation by Climatic Disruption
of the Reproductive Period
3.3.1 Incipient Allochronic Speciation in a Winter Moth
3.3.2 An Extended View of Allochronic Speciation
3.3.3 Potential Importance of Temporal Isolation By Climatic
Disruption in the Divergence of Insects
3.4 Conclusions