Plant Reproductive Ecology Patterns And Strategies

Author : Jon and Lesley Lovett-Doust Professor of Biology the University of Windsor
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 45,6 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 : Jon Lovett-Doust,Lesley Lovett Doust
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Plant ecology
ISBN : OCLC:1256524770

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Plant Reproductive Ecology by Jon Lovett-Doust,Lesley Lovett Doust Pdf

Author : Rajesh Tandon,K. R. Shivanna,Monika Koul
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 46,7 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 : Thomas Johannes de Jong,Petrus Gerardus Leonardus Klinkhamer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 45,8 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 : Anjana Rustagi,Bharti Chaudhry
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 41,8 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 : Edward Reekie,Fakhri A. Bazzaz
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,5 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 : Spencer C. H. Barrett
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,9 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 : Mary F. Willson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Botany
ISBN : UCAL:B5018666

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Plant Reproductive Ecology by Mary F. Willson Pdf

Author : Mary F. Willson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0783728018

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Plant Reproductive Ecology by Mary F. Willson Pdf

Author : Lawrence D. Harder,Spencer C.H. Barrett
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 48,9 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 : Robert Edward Wyatt
Publisher : Springer
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 52,6 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 : Alejandro Isabel Luna Maldonado,Humberto Rodriguez-Fuentes,Juan Antonio Vidales Contreras
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781789232905

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Hyperspectral Imaging in Agriculture, Food and Environment by Alejandro Isabel Luna Maldonado,Humberto Rodriguez-Fuentes,Juan Antonio Vidales Contreras Pdf

This book is about the novel aspects and future trends of the hyperspectral imaging in agriculture, food, and environment. The topics covered by this book are hyperspectral imaging and their applications in the nondestructive quality assessment of fruits and vegetables, hyperspectral imaging for assessing quality and safety of meat, multimode hyperspectral imaging for food quality and safety, models fitting to pattern recognition in hyperspectral images, sequential classification of hyperspectral images, graph construction for hyperspectral data unmixing, target visualization method to process hyperspectral image, and soil contamination mapping with hyperspectral imagery. This book is a general reference work for students, professional engineers, and readers with interest in the subject.

Author : David G. Lloyd,Spencer C.H. Barrett
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461311652

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Floral Biology by David G. Lloyd,Spencer C.H. Barrett Pdf

Studies in floral biology are largely concerned with how flowers function to promote pollination and mating. The role of pollination in governing mating patterns in plant populations inextricably links the evolution of pollination and mating systems. Despite the close functional link between pollination and mating, research conducted for most of this century on these two fundamental aspects of plant reproduction has taken quite separate courses. This has resulted in suprisingly little cross-fertilization between the fields of pollination biology on the one hand and plant mating-system studies on the other. The separation of the two areas has largely resulted from the different backgrounds and approaches adopted by workers in these fields. Most pollination studies have been ecological in nature with a strong emphasis on field research and until recently few workers considered how the mechanics of pollen dispersal might influence mating patterns and individual plant fitness. In contrast, work on plant mating patterns has often been conducted in an ecological vacuum largely devoid of information on the environmental and demographic context in which mating occurs. Mating-system research has been dominated by population genetic and theoretical perspectives with surprisingly little consideration given to the proximate ecological factors responsible for causing a particular pattern of mating to occur.

Author : K.S. Bawa,M. Hadley
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1991-01-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 1850702683

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Reproductive Ecology of Tropical Forest Plants by K.S. Bawa,M. Hadley Pdf

Reproductive Ecology of Tropical Forest Plants reviews recent developments in the reproductive ecology of tropical forest plants and explores the implications of current findings on forest structure, function, management, and conservation. It examines how insights gained from reproductive ecology can be helpful in the management of tropical forest resources and discusses directions of future research.

Author : David M. Richardson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781444335859

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Fifty Years of Invasion Ecology by David M. Richardson Pdf

Invasion ecology is the study of the causes and consequences of the introduction of organisms to areas outside their native range. Interest in this field has exploded in the past few decades. Explaining why and how organisms are moved around the world, how and why some become established and invade, and how best to manage invasive species in the face of global change are all crucial issues that interest biogeographers, ecologists and environmental managers in all parts of the world. This book brings together the insights of more than 50 authors to examine the origins, foundations, current dimensions and potential trajectories of invasion ecology. It revisits key tenets of the foundations of invasion ecology, including contributions of pioneering naturalists of the 19th century, including Charles Darwin and British ecologist Charles Elton, whose 1958 monograph on invasive species is widely acknowledged as having focussed scientific attention on biological invasions.