plant-animal interdependence

[daneeka]

Hello all,

 

I'm preparing a lit review on plant-animal interdependance and I was just wondering if anyone knows of any key papers on the subject; or if you yourselves could impart any key examples.

 

I'm excluding direct trophic links (like dietry dependencies) from the review in order to narrow things down a bit.

[Dr. Dalek]

The most obvious one would be the photosynthesis/respiration relationship.

 

However it might be interesting to get into direct plant/animal symbiosis

here is one about ants and a type of tree.

[daneeka]

Cheers for the paper Dr. Dalek

 

Yeah I'm probably going to focus on direct symbioses. The most obvious ones that spring to mind are seed dispersal and pollination...and now myrmecophyte-ant relationships.

[Halucigenia]

Did you know that the sloth hosts plants living on its body. The sloth has a symbiotic relationship with algae that grows inside its hollow hairs. The algae gets a home and the sloth gets camouflage. This is the most weird example of plant and animal symbiosis that I know of.