Title | Piper: A Model Genus for Studies of Phytochemistry, Ecology, and Evolution [electronic resource] / edited by Lee A. Dyer, Aparna D. N. Palmer |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2004 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30599-8 |
Descript | XVI, 214 p. online resource |
1. Introduction -- 2. Mutualism, Antiherbivore Defense, and Trophic Cascades: Piper Ant-Plants as a Mesocosm for Experimentation -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Study Sites -- 2.3. Plants -- 2.4. Herbivores -- 2.5. Ant Mutualists -- 2.6. Top Predators -- 2.7. Other Endophytic Arthropods, Nematodes, and Annelids -- 2.8. Mutualism Experiments -- 2.9. Tritrophic Interactions and Antiherbivore Defense -- 2.10. Trophic Cascades -- 2.11. Conclusions -- 2.12. Acknowledgments -- 3. Pollination Ecology and Resource Partitioning in Neotropical Pipers -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Pollination and Resource Partitioning in Piper -- 3.3. Conclusions: Pollination and Resource Partitioning of Pipers in Light of Evolutionary and Conservative Ecology -- 3.4. Guidelines for Future Research on the Pollination of Pipers -- 3.5. Acknowledgments -- 4. Dispersal Ecology of Neotropical Piper Shrubs and Treelets -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. The Piper Bats -- 4.3. Piper Fruiting Phenology and Dispersal Ecology -- 4.4. Coevolutionary Aspects of Bat-Piper Interactions -- 4.5. Conclusions -- 4.6. Acknowledgments -- 5. Biogeography of Neotropical Piper -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Methods -- 5.3. Results -- 5.4. Discussion -- 5.5. Acknowledgments -- 6. Faunal Studies in Model Piper spp. Systems, with a Focus on Spider-Induced Indirect Interactions and Novel Insect-Piper Mutualisms -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. The Case of Piper obliquum -- 6.3. The Case of Piper urostachyum -- 6.4. Summary and Conclusions -- 6.5. Acknowledgments -- 7. Isolation, Synthesis, and Evolutionary Ecology of Piper Amides -- 7.1. Introduction to Piper Chemistry -- 7.2. Isolation and Quantification of Piper Amides -- 7.3. Synthesis of Piper Amides and Their Analogs -- 7.4. Ecology of Piper Chemistry -- 7.5. Evolution of Piper Chemistry -- 7.6. Applied Piper Chemistry -- 7.7. Future Research on Piper Chemistry -- 7.8. Acknowledgments -- 8. Kava (Piper methysticum): Growth in Tissue Culture and In Vitro Production of Kavapyrones -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Origins of Kava Use and Discovery by Western Cultures -- 8.3. Description of Kava (Piper methysticum) and Its Growth for Use in Kava Production -- 8.4. Active Phytochemicals Present in Kava Extracts -- 8.5. Issues Regarding the Potential Hepatotoxicity of Kava Extracts -- 8.6. Significance of Tissue Culture Growth in Kava Production and Phytochemical Research -- 8.7. Establishment of Kava Cell Cultures and the Determination of In Vitro Kavapyrone Production -- 8.8. Regeneration of Viable Kava Plants from Kava Cell Cultures -- 8.9. Summary and Perspective -- 9. Phylogenetic Patterns, Evolutionary Trends, and the Origin of AntโPlant Associations in Piper Section Macrostachys: Burgerโs Hypotheses Revisited -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Taxonomic History of Piper sect. Macrostachys (MIQ.) C.DC. -- 9.3. Natural History of Piper sect. Macrostachys -- 9.4. Phylogenetic Relationships in Piper sect. Macrostachys -- 9.5. Burgerโs Hypotheses Revisited -- 9.6. Ant-Plant Associations in Piper sect. Macrostachys -- 9.7. Conclusions -- Appendix 9.1 -- 10. Current Perspectives on the Classification and Phylogenetics of the Genus Piper L. -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Classification -- 10.3. Phylogeny -- 10.4. Evolutionary Aspects -- 10.5. Acknowledgments -- Appendix 10.1 -- 11. Future Research in Piper Biology -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. Plant-Animal Interactions -- 11.3. Abiotic Factors -- 11.4. Geographical Distribution -- 11.5. Summary