Topics In Plant Population Biology

Author : Jonathan Silvertown,Deborah Charlesworth
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781444311150

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Introduction to Plant Population Biology by Jonathan Silvertown,Deborah Charlesworth Pdf

This completely revised, fourth edition of Introduction to PlantPopulation Biology continues the approach taken by its highlysuccessful predecessors. Ecological and genetic principles areintroduced and theory is made accessible by clear, accurateexposition with plentiful examples. Models and theoreticalarguments are developed gradually, requiring a minimum ofmathematics. The book emphasizes the particular characteristics of plantsthat affect their population biology, and evolutionary questionsthat are particularly relevant for plants. Wherever appropriate, itis shown how ecology and genetics interact, presenting a roundedpicture of the population biology of plants. Topics covered include variation and its inheritance, geneticmarkers including molecular markers, plant breeding systems,ecological genetics, intraspecific interactions, populationdynamics, regional dynamics and metapopulations, competition andcoexistence, and the evolution of breeding systems and lifehistory. An extensive bibliography provides access to the recentliterature that will be invaluable to students and academicsalike. Effective integration of plant population ecology, populationgenetics and evolutionary biology. The new edition is thoroughly revised and now includesmolecular techniques. The genetics chapters have been completely rewritten by a newco-author, Deborah Charlesworth.

Author : Otto Thomas Solbrig,George Ledyard Stebbins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 589 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Plant ecology
ISBN : 0333264142

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Topics in Plant Population Biology by Otto Thomas Solbrig,George Ledyard Stebbins Pdf

Author : Otto Thomas Solbrig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 589 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1979-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0231043368

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Topics in Plant Population Biology by Otto Thomas Solbrig Pdf

Author : Otto T. Solbrig,Subodh K. Jain,George B. Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 607 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0835745775

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Topics in Plant Population Biology by Otto T. Solbrig,Subodh K. Jain,George B. Johnson Pdf

Author : John L. Harper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 928 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133672662

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Population Biology of Plants by John L. Harper Pdf

This book, written in 1977, brought together for the first time, the current knowledge of plants that might be relevant to understanding their population biology. ¿This monumental volume did more than summarize the state of plant biology; ¿it linked the conceptual and theoretical developments in population ecology, mostly derived from the study of animals, with field observations and experimental evidence of population regulation and life history evolution in plants. ¿ ¿The field of population biology was already well established in the 1960s although with a clear zoocentric emphasis, however, it is because of Harper¿s work that the field experienced a veritable explosion, reached maturity and became a mainstream scientific endeavour worldwide. This field is so vast now that it would be pointless, if not impossible, for someone to summarise it. It is precisely because of this that PBP is as relevant now as it was in 1977. John Harper¿s style of highlighting unanswered questions and the limitations of both theory and empirical evidence served and still serves as foundation for research agendas worldwide. Much remains to be done in this field and this alone makes PBP an essential element in the library of every student/researcher of population biology, whether interested in plants or animals.¿ From the ¿Preface to the 2010 Printing¿ written by José Sarukhán, Rodolfo Dirzo and Miguel Franco.

Author : Jonathan W. Silvertown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Plant populations
ISBN : OCLC:1150032891

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Introduction to Plant Population Biology by Jonathan W. Silvertown Pdf

Author : G. P. Cheplick
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1998-03-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521572057

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Population Biology of Grasses by G. P. Cheplick Pdf

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Author : Jonathan Silvertown,J. Lovett-Doust
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Science
ISBN : 0632029730

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Introduction to Plant Population Biology by Jonathan Silvertown,J. Lovett-Doust Pdf

Variation and its inheritance., Ecological genetics., Intraspecific interactions., Population dynamics., Dynamics of structured populations., Metapopulations., Competition and coexistence., Life history evolution: sex and mating., Life history evaluation: birth, growth and death.

Author : J. L. Harper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:708392589

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Population Biology of Plants by J. L. Harper Pdf

Author : L. Gottlieb
Publisher : Springer
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401070369

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Plant Evolutionary Biology by L. Gottlieb Pdf

There are still heroes in science. They are recognized because the issues and problems they chose to study became the issues and problems of a major field of research. They are also recognized because their insights and solutions are the ones that are tested and evaluated when new ideas and technologies become available. In the field of plant evolutionary biology, the hero is George Ledyard Stebbins. His first scientific publi cation appeared in 1929 and has been followed by nearly 60 magnificent years of seminal ideas, proofs, and proposals that defined much of what was worth doing in plant biosystematics, evolution and biological conser vation. His energy, enthusiasm and good humor (widely shared at many congresses and symposia in the 'Singalongs with Stebbins') made him a wonderful teacher for both undergraduates and graduate students. He is the mentor of several generations of botanists, plant geneticists and evo lutionists. A brief biography and publication list were included in Topics in Plant Population Biology, edited by Otto T. Solbrig, Subodh Jain, George Johnson and Peter Raven (Columbia University Press, 1979) which resulted from a symposium held on the occasion of Ledyard Stebbins' 70th birthday. In this volume, population biology and physio logical ecology received major attention particularly in relation to plant form and function.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Microbial genetics
ISBN : OCLC:915528332

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Population Biology of Plant Pathogens by Anonim Pdf

Author : Christy A. Brigham
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2003-03-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 3540439099

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Population Viability in Plants by Christy A. Brigham Pdf

Persistence, threats, pathogens, herbivores, interactions, fragmented, landscape, extinction, habitat, disturbance, restoration.

Author : S.K. Jain,L.W. Botsford
Publisher : Springer
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 46,6 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 : Shoichi Kawano
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323150743

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Biological Approaches and Evolutionary Trends in Plants by Shoichi Kawano Pdf

Biological Approaches and Evolutionary Trends in Plants is a collection of papers presented at the Fourth International Symposium of Plant Biosystematics held on July 10-14, 1989 in Kyoto, Japan. Contributors, some are world's leading plant biologists, discuss the findings in evolutionary biology and issues in plant biosystematics in light of the evidence and ideas brought forward at various levels of biological organization, from molecule to cell, individual, population, species, and community levels. This volume is organized into four sections encompassing 22 chapters and begins with an overview of discoveries concerning parapatric differentiation of weed populations, including adaptive evolution in herbicide resistant biotypes and complex evolutionary patterns in weed-crop complexes of various groups. The next section explores molecular approaches in plant biosystematics, focusing on amino acid sequencing of proteins; restriction-site variations of cpDNA, mitDNA, rDNA, etc.; and chromosome-banding patterns revealed by differential staining. The discussion shifts to a wave of research in plant population biology and evolutionary ecology since the 1970s and its impact on biology and biosystematics. The book considers various aspects of reproductive biology and evolutionary changes in significant reproductive parameters and attempts to demographically quantify these parameters. The final chapter is devoted to the use of functional phylogenetic systematics for predictive ecology. This book will be of interest to plant biologists and scientists and researchers in fields such as biochemistry, botany, microbiology, ecology, and evolutionary biology.

Author : William J. Bond,B.W. van Wilgen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400914995

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Fire and Plants by William J. Bond,B.W. van Wilgen Pdf

Large regions of the world are regularly burnt either deliberately or naturally. However, despite the widespread occurrence of such fire-prone ecosystems, and considerable body of research on plant population biology in relation to fire, until now there have only been limited attempts at a coherent conceptual synthesis of the field for use by students or researchers.