This textbook provides the first overview of plant-animal interactions for twenty years focused on the needs of students and professors. It discusses a range of topics from the basic structures of plant-animal interactions to their evolutionary implications in producing and maintaining biodiversity. It also highlights innovative aspects of plant-animal interactions that can represent highly productive research avenues, making it a valuable resource for anyone interested in a future career in ecology. Written by leading experts, and employing a variety of didactic tools, the book is useful for students and teachers involved in advanced undergraduate and graduate courses addressing areas such as herbivory, trophic relationships, plant defense, pollination and biodiversity. 

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 2 - Plant chemistry and their impacts on biotic interactions
Chapter 3 - Herbivory and Plant defenses - antagonist interactions
Chapter 4 - The molecular genetic basis in plant-animal interactions
Chapter 5 - Biotic defenses against herbivory
Chapter 6 - Pollination - from antagonistic to mutualistic interactions
Chapter 7 - Dispersal - frugivory and seed dispersal
Chapter 8 - Plant phenology: effects seasonality in biotic interactions
Chapter 9 - Plant-mediated above-belowground interactions
Chapter 10 - Ecosystem Engineers - how plant-animal interactions modify the environment
Chapter 11 - Ecological networks in plant-animal interactions
Chapter 12 - The evolution of facilitation and mutualism in plant-animal interactions
Chapter 13 - Evolutionary conflicts in coevolved mutualisms
Chapter 14 - Plant-Animal Interactions: and the origin of biodiversity
Chapter 15 - Plant-Animal Interactions in the Anthropocene era.