Mutualistic Interactions between Flowering Plants and Animals

Palatty Allesh Sinu is Assistant Professor in Department of Animal Science at Central University of Kerala, India. His research is focused on plant-animal interactions, and he was selected for Raman Fellowship of UGC for his post-doctoral research in University of Arizona, US, in the year 2016. He has also served as member of President of India’s Inspired Teachers’ Club. KR Shivanna is associated as INSA Honorary Scientist at the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bengaluru, India. He retired from Delhi University as Professor and Head, Department of Botany. His research is focused on broad areas of reproductive biology of flowering plants as well as on the reproductive ecology of endemic and endangered plants as an aid for their effective conservation, and pollination efficiency of some economically important plants.

• Contributors1. General Introduction2. Biotic Pollination: Fundamental and Applied Aspects3. Plant-Pollinator-Robber Interaction4. Natural History and Behavioural Ecology of Bees5. Pollination Diversity in Orchids: A review6. Attractants for Honey Bees7. Prospects of Honey Bee Attractants in Enhancing Crop Productivity in India 1328. Repellents for Honey bees9. Sub-lethal Effects of Pesticides on Pollinators with Special Reference to Honey Bees10. Pollen-Pistil Interaction and Fertilization11. Recent Advances on Biotic Seed Dispersal by Vertebrates12. Seed Dispersal and Seed Predation: Case studies from Eastern Ghats13. Wasp-mediated Seed Dispersal, a Rare Phenomenon14. Ants as Seed Predators and Dispersers of a Non-myrmechorous Tree Lagerstroemia speciosa in Tropical Moist-deciduous Forest15. Plants Cry for Help upon Insect Attack and Parasitoids Come to Their Rescue!!!16. The Promise of Genomics in Plant-Animal Interaction Studies17. A key to the Divisions of Apoidea, Families of Apiformes and Genera of Apidae of India