Chemical Biology of the Tropics An Interdisciplinary Approach
The mystique of the rainforest has captured the imaginations of generations of young people, explorers, authors, and biologists. It is a delicate ecosystem whose myriad sounds and smells, whose vibrancy of life, is balanced by constant cycles of death and
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Series Editors Frantisˇ ek Balusˇ ka Department of Plant Cell Biology, IZMB, University of Bonn, Kirschallee 1, D-53115 Bonn, Germany Jorge Vivanco Center for Rhizosphere Biology, Colorado State University, 217 Shepardson Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1173, USA
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Chemical Biology of the Tropics An Interdisciplinary Approach
Editors Dr. Jorge M. Vivanco Colorado State University Center for Rhizosphere Biology Shepardson 217 80523-1173 Fort Collins Colorado USA [email protected]
Dr. Tiffany Weir Colorado State University Center for Rhizosphere Biology Shepardson 217 80523-1173 Fort Collins Colorado USA [email protected]
ISSN 1867-9048 e-ISSN 1867-9056 ISBN 978-3-642-19079-7 e-ISBN 978-3-642-19080-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-19080-3 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011928226 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: SPi Publisher Services Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
I first set foot in the Tambopata National Reserve (TNR) in Peru in June 2006. I had assembled a team of colleagues and students from Colorado State University to accompany me on an exploratory expedition to establish collaborative ties with Peruvian researchers and to familiarize ourselves with the countless opportunities to study chemical ecology in a tropical field setting. For years, I had been studying chemical interactions between organisms in a laboratory. I had published numerous papers on the interactions that occur between plants and other soil-dwelling microorganisms. Then one day a colleague criticized me for defining nature through my office window, and as stung as I was by this observation, I realized that he was right. I had yet to venture outside the safety and comfort of the laboratory to see how my expertise could be applied in the field, and I made it a goal of my sabbatical to broaden my scientific horizons. Serendipitously, an old friend from high school was working at the Field Museum in Chicago and decided to pay me a visit at the same
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