Reekie / Bazzaz Reproductive Allocation in Plants

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-08-045433-7
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten

Reihe: Physiological Ecology

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reekie, Edward

Bazzaz, Fakhri A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;front cover;1
2;copyright;5
3;table of contents;6
4;front matter;10
5;Contributors;10
6;body;12
7;1 The Resource Economy of Plant Reproduction;12
8;2 Meristem Allocation as a Means of Assessing Reproductive Allocation;61
9;3 It Never Rains but then it Pours: The Diverse Effects of Water on Flower Integrity and Function;86
10;4 The Allometry of Reproductive Allocation;105
11;5 Sex-specific Physiology and its Implications for the Cost of Reproduction;137
12;6 Time of Flowering, Costs of Reproduction, and Reproductive Output in Annuals;166
13;7 The Shape of the Trade-off Function between Reproduction and Growth;196
14;8 On Size, Fecundity, and Fitness in Competing Plants;222
15;index;252
16;back matter;256
17;Physiological Ecology;256
18;Color Plates;258