Plant Reproductive Ecology - Patterns and Strategies

Zusatztext 'This is a most welcome paperback edition ... It presents an excellent series of reviews on topics in plant reproductive biology at a price which is now more attractive to research students and undergraduates.'P. Gibbs! 1991 Annals of Botany Company Klappentext This collection of reviews by leading investigators examines plant reproduction and sexuality within a framework of evolutionary ecology and plant sociobiology, providing an up-to-date account of the field. Zusammenfassung This collection of reviews examines plant reproduction within a framework of evolutionary ecology. The contributors discuss conceptual issues, showing the importance of sex allocation, sexual selection and inclusive fitness, and the dimensions of paternity and maternity in plants. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN PLANT BREEDING SYSTEMS: J. and L. Lovett-Doust: Sociology of plants - an emerging synthesis; Robert Bertin: Paternity in Plants; David Haig and Mark Westoby: Inclusive fitness, seed resources, and maternal care; Paul Cox: Monomorphic and dimorphic sexual strategies - a modular approach; Spencer Barrett: The evolution, maintenance, and loss of self-incompatability systems; Mark Schlessman: Gender diphasy ("sex choice"); ECOLOGICAL FORCES: Michael Zimmerman: Nectar production, flowering phenology, and strategies for pollination; Tom Lee: Patterns of fruit and seed production; Don Waller: Plant morphology and reproduction; Jacob Weiner: The influence of competition on plant reproduction; Steve Hendrix: Herbivory and its impact on plant reproduction; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES OF NON-ANGIOSPERMS: Robert De Wreede and Terry Klinger: Reproductive strategies in algae; Brent Mishler: Reproductive ecology of bryophytes; Michael Cousens: Reproductive strategies of pteridophytes.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jon Lovett Doust Doust
• Con la collaborazione di: Jon Lovett Doust (Editore), Lesley Lovett Doust (Editore), Jon Lovett-Doust (Editore), Jon and Lesley Lovett-Doust (Editore), Jon and Lesley (Professor of Biology Lovett-Doust (Editore), Lesley Lovett-Doust (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 22.02.1990
• EAN: 9780195063943
• ISBN: 978-0-19-506394-3
• Pagine: 358
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Botanica; NATURE / Ecology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, Applied ecology, Social impact of environmental issues, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Botany and plant sciences, Plant Reproduction & Propagation