Reproductive Allocation In Plants

Author : Edward Reekie,Fakhri A. Bazzaz
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,8 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 : Jon and Lesley Lovett-Doust Professor of Biology the University of Windsor
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 52,9 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 : Rajesh Tandon,K. R. Shivanna,Monika Koul
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 51,9 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 : Thomas Johannes de Jong,Petrus Gerardus Leonardus Klinkhamer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 53,8 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 : Sir Edward James Salisbury
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : Plant ecology
ISBN : UOM:39015006126901

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The Reproductive Capacity of Plants by Sir Edward James Salisbury Pdf

The significance of seed size and its relation to habitat conditions. The viability of seeds from plants of diverse vigour. Methods and terminology. The influence of soil and climate on seed output. The influence of competition on reproduction. The relation between seed number per capsules per plant. The comparative study of seed output and reproductive capacity. Reproduction by seeds in relation to life span. The seed production of parrasites, saprophytes and semiparasites. The reproductive capacity of terrestrial orchids. Reproduction in the genus hypericum. Reproduction in the gentianaceae. The genus linaria. The genus verbascum. Reproduction in relation to habitat and conditions of colonization.

Author : Kishan Gopal Ramawat,Jean-Michel Merillon,K. R. Shivanna
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781482201338

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Reproductive Biology of Plants by Kishan Gopal Ramawat,Jean-Michel Merillon,K. R. Shivanna Pdf

Reproductive biology is the basis of species improvement and a thorough understanding of this is needed for plant improvement, whether by conventional or biotechnological methods. This book presents an up to date and comprehensive description of reproduction in lower plants, gymnosperms and higher plants. It covers general plant biology, pollinatio

Author : Fakhri A. Bazzaz,John Grace
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1997-07-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780080539072

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Plant Resource Allocation by Fakhri A. Bazzaz,John Grace Pdf

Plant Resource Allocation is an exploration of the latest insights into the theory and functioning of plant resource allocation. An international team of physiological ecologists has prepared chapters devoted to the fundamental topics of resource allocation. Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of resource allocation in plants All contributors are leaders in their respective fields

Author : Theodore Gerard Wong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025866216

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Architecture and Resource Allocation in Annual Plants Under Environmental Variability by Theodore Gerard Wong Pdf

Author : Mary F. Willson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Botany
ISBN : UCAL:B5018666

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Plant Reproductive Ecology by Mary F. Willson Pdf

Author : Timo Olavi Vuorisalo,P. Mutikainen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2001-11-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1402002793

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Life History Evolution in Plants by Timo Olavi Vuorisalo,P. Mutikainen Pdf

"The lack of discussion of the life histories of modular organisms is the weakness of this book that I most regret. . . . Modular organisms are different. " S. C. Steams: The Evolution of Life Histories (1992) Life-history theory endeavours to increase our understanding of the processe,s whereby the broad features of the life cycles of organisms, such as the timing and magnitude of reproduction, have evolved. Although reproductive traits have dominated as study objects due to their immediate importance for evolutionary success, much work has also been conducted on patterns of development, growth and senescence, as well as on the shifts in resource allocation related to these processes. The basic axiom of life-history theory is that patterns of life histories, such as reproductive traits, are subject to evolutionary explanation. This idea can be traced back at least as far as Darwin's Origin of Species (1859). In his discussion of plant domestication, Darwin wrote: "I cannot doubt that the continued selection of slight variations, either in the leaves, the flowers, or the fruit, will produce races differing from each other chiefly in these characters". Darwin was impressed by the success of plant breeders in moulding the growth and reproductive parameters of cultivated plants, and believed that natural selection could have a similar impact in natural populations.

Author : M. (Ed.) FENNER
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:709590249

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Seeds by M. (Ed.) FENNER Pdf

Reproductive allocation in plants; The evolutionary ecology of seed size; Maternal effects on seeds during development; The ecology of seed dispersal; Animals as seed dispersers; Fruits and frugivory; Seed predators and plant populations dynamics; Dormancy, viability and longevity; The functional ecology of soil seed banks; Seed responses to light; The role of temperature in the regulation of seed dormancy and germination; Effect of chemical environment on seed germination; Role of fire in regeneration from seed; Ecology of seedling regeneration; The contribution of seedling regeneration to the structure and dynamics of plant communities, ecosystems and larger units of landscape; Gaps and seedling colonization.

Author : Michael Fenner
Publisher : CABI
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0851994326

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Seeds by Michael Fenner Pdf

This is the second edition of a multi-author book first published in 1992. It deals with all aspects of plant regeneration by seeds, including reproductive allocation, seed dispersal and predation, longevity, dormancy and germination. All chapters have been updated, and four new chapters added on seed size, seedling establishment, the role of gaps, and regeneration from seed after fire.

Author : Jon Lovett-Doust,Lesley Lovett Doust
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 50,9 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 : Monica A. Geber,Todd E. Dawson,Lynda F. Delph
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662039083

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Gender and Sexual Dimorphism in Flowering Plants by Monica A. Geber,Todd E. Dawson,Lynda F. Delph Pdf

Written by the leading experts in the field, this book examines the evolutionary advantages of gender dimorphism and sexual dimorphism in flowering plants. Divided into three sections: the first introduces readers to the tremendous variety of breeding systems and their evolution in plants and sets the stage for a consideration of the evolution of dimorphism in reproductive and non-reproductive characters. The second section deals with the evolution of secondary sexual characters, including the theory related to the evolution of sexual dimorphism and its empirical patterns, while the last section deals with the genetics of gender expression and of secondary sexual characters.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:949776769

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Oxford Bibliographies by Anonim Pdf