Ecology And Evolution Of Plant Reproduction

Author : Robert Edward Wyatt
Publisher : Springer
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015028421553

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Ecology And Evolution Of Plant Reproduction by Robert Edward Wyatt Pdf

Tremendous progress has been made during the past decade in the burgeoning field of plant reproductive biology. A number of quantitative and technical breakthroughs, such as horizontal starch-gel electrophoresis, have resulted in a revolution in our thinking. The study of breeding systems, which used to be marked by a rather static focus on pollination and self-incompatibility, has been transformed by dynamic models of transitional pathways, and investigators are looking not only into genetic factors but ecological ones as well. Workers in the field have recently produced detailed accounts of mating success and the relative fitness of plants as male and female parents, thus testing the applicability of sexual selection theory to plants. Ecology and Evolution of Plant Reproduction surveys recent advances in the field of plant reproductive biology and identifies fruitful avenues for future research. The contributors are well known in the fields of morphology, systematics, genetics, cell biology, and ecology, representing the full spectrum of approaches that contribute vigor to this emerging field. This new work will benefit professionals and graduate students in plant science and plant breeding, evolutionary ecology, genetics, and reproductive biology.

Author : Jon and Lesley Lovett-Doust Professor of Biology the University of Windsor
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1988-07-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780198021926

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Plant Reproductive Ecology : Patterns and Strategies by Jon and Lesley Lovett-Doust Professor of Biology the University of Windsor Pdf

This collection of reviews by leading investigators examines plant reproduction and sexuality within a framework of evolutionary ecology, providing an up-to-date account of the field. 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. The evolution, maintenance, and loss of self-incompatibility in plants, the nature of 'sex choice' in plants, and sex dimorphism are all explored in detail. Specific forms of biotic interactions shaping the evolution of plant reproductive strategy are discussed, and a taxonomically based review of the reproductive ecology of non-angiosperm plant groups, such as bryophytes, ferns, and algae, is presented. Together these studies focus on the complexities of plant life cycles and the distinctive reproductive biologies of these organisms, while showing the similarities between nonflowering plants and the more thoroughly documented flowering species.

Author : R. Wyatt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 8123906099

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Ecology Evolution & Plant Reproduction by R. Wyatt Pdf

Author : Thomas Johannes de Jong,Petrus Gerardus Leonardus Klinkhamer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005-10-13
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0521821428

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Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Reproductive Strategies by Thomas Johannes de Jong,Petrus Gerardus Leonardus Klinkhamer Pdf

This book places the wealth of data that have been collected on plants into the unifying framework of game theory.

Author : Lawrence D. Harder,Spencer C.H. Barrett
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006-11-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780198570851

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Ecology and Evolution of Flowers by Lawrence D. Harder,Spencer C.H. Barrett Pdf

Floral biology, floral function, sexual systems, diversification.

Author : Edward Reekie,Fakhri A. Bazzaz
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780080454337

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Reproductive Allocation in Plants by Edward Reekie,Fakhri A. Bazzaz Pdf

Much effort has been devoted to developing theories to explain the wide variation we observe in reproductive allocation among environments. Reproductive Allocation in Plants describes why plants differ in the proportion of their resources that they allocate to reproduction and looks into the various theories. This book examines the ecological and evolutionary explanations for variation in plant reproductive allocation from the perspective of the underlying physiological mechanisms controlling reproduction and growth. An international team of leading experts have prepared chapters summarizing the current state of the field and offering their views on the factors determining reproductive allocation in plants. This will be a valuable resource for senior undergraduate students, graduate students and researchers in ecology, plant ecophysiology, and population biology. 8 outstanding chapters dedicated to the evolution and ecology of variation in plant reproductive allocation Written by an international team of leading experts in the field Provides enough background information to make it accessible to senior undergraduate students Includes over 60 figures and 29 tables

Author : Anjana Rustagi,Bharti Chaudhry
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781839694936

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Plant Reproductive Ecology by Anjana Rustagi,Bharti Chaudhry Pdf

Plant reproductive ecology has emerged as an indispensable discipline for enhancing crop productivity and conserving biodiversity. The adaptive significance of variation in traits associated with floral biology, pollination, seed dispersal, and seedling establishment is an integral component of plant reproductive ecology and evolutionary biology. This book explores the diversity of flower symmetry and the evolutionary patterns of internal structures of generative organs in angiosperms. The rapidly emerging global crisis of declining pollinators poses a major threat to food security. As such, the book also covers the diversity of plant-pollinator interactions, the impact of non-native exotic plant communities on native plants and pollinators, and strategies for the restoration of pollinator communities.

Author : Rajesh Tandon,K. R. Shivanna,Monika Koul
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811542107

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Reproductive Ecology of Flowering Plants: Patterns and Processes by Rajesh Tandon,K. R. Shivanna,Monika Koul Pdf

Sexual reproduction is the predominant mode of perpetuation for flowering plant species. Investigating the reproductive strategies of plants has grown to become a vast area of research and, in crop plants, covers events from flowering to fruit and seed development; in wild species, it extends up to seed dispersal and seedling recruitment. Thus, reproduction determines the extent of yield in crop plants and, in wild plants, also determines the efficacy of recruiting new adults to the population, making this field important both from fundamental and applied plant biology perspectives. Moreover, in light of the growing concerns regarding food and nutritional security for the growing population and preserving biological diversity, reproductive biology of flowering plants has acquired special significance. Extensive studies on various facets of reproduction are being carried out around the world. However, these studies are scattered across research journals and reviews from diverse areas of biology. The present volume covers the whole spectrum of reproductive ecology, from phenology and floral biology, to sexuality and pollination biology/ecology including floral rewards, breeding systems, apomixis and seed dispersal. In turn, transgene flow, its biosafety and mitigation approaches, and the ‘global pollinator crisis’, which has become a major international concern in light of the urgent need to sustain crop yield and biodiversity, are discussed in detail. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable resource for students, teachers and researchers of botany, zoology, ecology, agriculture and forestry, as well as conservation biologists.

Author : Sébastien Patiny
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139504072

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Evolution of Plant-Pollinator Relationships by Sébastien Patiny Pdf

What are the evolutionary mechanisms and ecological implications behind a pollinator choosing its favourite flower? Sixty-five million years of evolution has created the complex and integrated system which we see today and understanding the interactions involved is key to environmental sustainability. Examining pollination relationships from an evolutionary perspective, this book covers both botanical and zoological aspects. It addresses the puzzling question of co-speciation and co-evolution and the complexity of the relationships between plant and pollinator, the development of which is examined through the fossil record. Additional chapters are dedicated to the evolution of floral displays and signalling, as well as their role in pollination syndromes and the building of pollination networks. Wide-ranging in its coverage, it outlines current knowledge and complex emerging topics, demonstrating how advances in research methods are applied to pollination biology.

Author : Jane H Bock,Yan B Linhart,G L Stebbins,Charles E Turner
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000301236

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The Evolutionary Ecology Of Plants by Jane H Bock,Yan B Linhart,G L Stebbins,Charles E Turner Pdf

This book presents a broad view of contemporary research in evolutionary plant ecology. It illustrates the broad spectrum of life history stages which affect plant reproductive success in some fashion.

Author : M. Mogie
Publisher : Springer
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1992-06-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780412442209

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Evolution of Asexual Reproduction in Plants by M. Mogie Pdf

Asexual reproduction is found in many taxonomic groups and considerable effort has been directed by biologists towards understanding its mechanisms, evolution and ecological significance. This title offers a thought-provoking and novel contribution to this debate.

Author : Spencer C. H. Barrett
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008-11-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226038162

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Major Evolutionary Transitions in Flowering Plant Reproduction by Spencer C. H. Barrett Pdf

The first volume to address the study of evolutionary transitions in plants, Major Evolutionary Transitions in Flowering Plant Reproduction brings together compelling work from the three areas of significant innovation in plant biology: evolution and adaptation in flowers and pollination, mating patterns and gender strategies, and asexual reproduction and polyploidy. Spencer C. H. Barrett assembles here a distinguished group of authors who address evolutionary transitions using comparative and phylogenetic approaches, the tools of genomics, population genetics, and theoretical modeling, and through studies in development and field experiments in ecology. With special focus on evolutionary transitions and shifts in reproductive characters—key elements of biological diversification and research in evolutionary biology—Major Evolutionary Transitions in Flowering Plant Reproduction is the most up-to-date treatment of a fast-moving area of evolutionary biology and ecology.

Author : John Merle Coulter
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0260642908

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Evolution of Sex in Plants (Classic Reprint) by John Merle Coulter Pdf

Excerpt from Evolution of Sex in Plants Whatever the mechanism Of cell division may be, when the individual protoplast divides to form two new protoplasts, it performs the function Of reproduction. A one-celled plant has in this way produced two new plants. It follows, therefore, that the fundamental reproductive mechanism is cell division, and there is really nothing more in the reproductive power than this phenomenon Of cell division, whether it be sexual or asex ual reproduction. If the essential machinery Of repro duction is provided for in cell division, it follows that the cell fusion which precedes cell division, and which is Often referred to as the sex act, must be regarded as an addition to the fundamental process Of reproduction, an added preliminary process, not necessary to repro duction, but securing something in connection with it. In other words, reproduction is one Of the functions Of protoplasts, and when an individual is a single proto plast, cell division and reproduction are Obviously the same. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : S.K. Jain,L.W. Botsford
Publisher : Springer
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007-07-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780585329116

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Applied Population Biology by S.K. Jain,L.W. Botsford Pdf

An increasing variety of biological problems involving resource management, conservation and environmental quality have been dealt with using the principles of population biology (defined to include population dynamics, genetics and certain aspects of community ecology). There appears to be a mixed record of successes and failures and almost no critical synthesis or reviews that have attempted to discuss the reasons and ways in which population biology, with its remarkable theoretical as well as experimental advances, could find more useful application in agriculture, forestry, fishery, medicine and resource and environmental management. This book provides examples of state-of-the-art applications by a distinguished group of researchers in several fields. The diversity of topics richly illustrates the scientific and economic breadth of their discussions as well as epistemological and comparative analyses by the authors and editors. Several principles and common themes are emphasized and both strengths and potential sources of uncertainty in applications are discussed. This volume will hopefully stimulate new interdisciplinary avenues of problem-solving research.

Author : Josef F. Stuefer,Brigitta Erschbamer,Heidrun Huber,Jun-Ichirou Suzuki
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401713450

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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology of Clonal Plants by Josef F. Stuefer,Brigitta Erschbamer,Heidrun Huber,Jun-Ichirou Suzuki Pdf

Spontaneous self-cloning or clonality is a widespread phenomenon in the plant kingdom, and has a wide array of ecological and evolutionary implications. This volume is the outcome of an international workshop on clonal plant biology aimed at illustrating current progress and recent developments in the scientific study of clonality in plants. The first section of this book includes a collection of original research articles which demonstrate the wide variety of approaches and scientific challenges linked to clonality in plants. The topics covered in this section include ecological and evolutionary implications of sexual versus asexual propagation, including life-history evolution and sex-ratio dynamics, the importance of internal resource transport and remobilization of storage products for the invasiveness and competitiveness of clonal plants, a survey of clonal growth forms in grassland communities, and studies on the interactions between clonal plants and animals and fungi. The approaches used range from experimental studies on a broad variety of systems to mathematical modeling of clonal growth and its consequences. The second part features discussion and review papers on a diverse array of subjects, ranging from developmental considerations of clonality, principles of selection and evolution in clonal plants, a survey of clonality in algae, to potential implications of clonality for plant mating, and beyond. This part of the volume aims at presenting novel ideas and hypotheses, and at summarizing existing knowledge in previously under-researched areas, thereby providing directions for future research initiatives. This book captures ongoing cutting-edge research in the field of clonal plant ecology and evolution. It is directed to anyone from the undergraduate to specialist level who is interested in the biology of the intriguing phenomenon of asexual propagation in plants.