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Plant reproductive ecology : patterns and strategies /

This collection of reviews examines plant reproduction within a framework of evolutionary ecology. 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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lovett Doust, Jon, Lovett Doust, Lesley
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1990, ©1988.
Edición:Oxford Univ. Press pbk.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword; Contents; I: Conceptual Issues in Plant Breeding Systems; 1. Sociobiology of plants: an emerging synthesis; 2. Paternity in plants; 3. Inclusive fitness, seed resources, and maternal care; 4. Monomorphic and dimorphic sexual strategies: a modular approach; 5. The evolution, maintenance, and loss of self-incompatibility systems; 6. Sex determination in plants; 7. Gender diphasy ("sex choice"); II: Ecological Forces; 8. Nectar production, flowering phenology, and strategies for pollination; 9. Patterns of fruit and seed production; 10. Plant morphology and reproduction.