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Reproductive Allocation in Plants

Authors: Edward Reekie, Fakhri A. Bazzaz Publisher: Elsevier Science Publication date: 2011 Publication language: Angielski Number of pages: 261 Publication formats: EAN: 9780080454337 ISBN: 9780080454337 eISBN: 9780080454337 Category: Botany & plant sciences Ecological science, the Biosphere Publisher's index: B978-0-12-088386-8.X5000-5 Bibliographic note: -

Description

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

TOC

  • front cover 2
  • copyright 6
  • table of contents 7
  • front matter 11
  • Contributors 11
  • body 13
  • 1 The Resource Economy of Plant Reproduction 13
  • 2 Meristem Allocation as a Means of Assessing Reproductive Allocation 62
  • 3 It Never Rains but then it Pours: The Diverse Effects of Water on Flower Integrity and Function 87
  • 4 The Allometry of Reproductive Allocation 106
  • 5 Sex-specific Physiology and its Implications for the Cost of Reproduction 138
  • 6 Time of Flowering, Costs of Reproduction, and Reproductive Output in Annuals 167
  • 7 The Shape of the Trade-off Function between Reproduction and Growth 197
  • 8 On Size, Fecundity, and Fitness in Competing Plants 223
  • index 253
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Author's affiliation

Fakhri A. Bazzaz: The Biological Laboratories, Harvard Universi