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.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1990, ©1988.
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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.