Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Herbivore Interactions on Islands

​Xoaquín Moreira is interested in the ecological and evolutionary processes that occur among different trophic levels (plants, herbivores and natural enemies), and predict how the future global change might influence various species interactions.Luis Abdala-Roberts is an ecologist broadly interested in plant-animal interactions, focusing mainly on the effects of variation within (genetic diversity) and among species (e.g. functional diversity) on interactions, and how such effects feedback to shape ecological (trophic control, community stability) and evolutionary (e.g. selection on species traits) processes.

• Chapter 1. Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Herbivore Interactions on Islands.- Part I. Plant Defences.- Chapter 2. Spinescence and the Island Plant Defense Syndrome.- Chapter 3. The Consequences of Species Extinctions and Introductions for Plant−Frugivore Interactions on Islands.- Chapter 4. Leaf Traits Linked to Herbivory in Lineages with Mediterranean-Macaronesian Distributions: Does an Island Syndrome in Plant Defence Exist?.- Chapter 5. The Loss (and Gain) of Defensive Adaptations in Island Plants and Animals: A Comparative Review.- Part II. Plant-Herbivore Interactions.- Chapter 6. Impact of Non-Native Mammalian Herbivores on Insular Plant Communities in the Canary and Balearic Islands.- Chapter 7. Potential Benefits of Mammalian Herbivores on Insular Systems: The Case of Goats on Mediterranean Islands.- Chapter 8. Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Enemy Interactions During Early Colonization: Messages from a Land-Rising Archipelago.- Chapter 9. Island Features and Abiotic Factors as Drivers of Insect Leaf Herbivory on Islands.- Part III. Tritrophic Interactions.- Chapter 10. Food Web Dynamics on Bahamian Islands.- Chapter 11. Impact of Predators on Arthropod Herbivores and Herbivory along Mountain Ranges on Islands Versus Mainland.- Chapter 12. Pest Control in Coffee: A Tri-Trophic Comparison Between a Mainland and an Island Agroecosystem.