Chapter 11. Insects and plants


Specialized, plant-associated neotropical insects. (After various sources.)
Specialized, plant-associated neotropical insects. (After various sources.)


11. Insects and plants

11.1. Coevolutionary interactions between insects and plants

11.2. Phytophagy (or herbivory)

11.2.1. Leaf chewing

11.2.2. Plant mining and boring

11.2.3. Sap sucking

11.2.4. Gall induction

11.2.5. Seed predation

11.2.6. Insects as biological control agents for weeds

11.3. Insects and plant reproductive biology

11.3.1. Pollination

11.3.2. Myrmecochory: seed dispersal by ants

11.4. Insects that live mutualistically in specialized plant structures

11.4.1. Ant — plant interactions involving domatia

11.4.2. Phytotelmata: plant-held water containers

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