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Seed dispersal /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sydney ; Orlando :
Academic Press,
�1986.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Seed Dispersal; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1. The Aerial Motion of Seeds, Fruits, Spores and Pollen; I. Introduction; II. Aerodynamic Forces and their Effects; III. Trajectory Analysis; IV. Launching and Release Mechanisms; V. Types of Trajectory: Solutions of Equations of Motion; VI. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 2. Seed Dispersal by Water; I. Introduction; II. Seed Dispersal by Rain, River and Flood; III. Evidence for Seed Dispersal by Ocean Currents.
- IV. Effective Seed Dispersal by Ocean Currents Compared to Other VectorsV. The Hazards for Seeding Establishment; VI. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 3. Seed Dispersal Syndromes in Australian Acacia; I. Introduction; II. Definitions and Limitations; III. Inference of Dispersal Syndromes; IV. Principal Components Analysis; V. Seed Dispersal Syndromes; VI. Characteristics of Seed Dispersal Agents; VII. Comparison of Acacia with other Ant- and Bird-dispersed species; VIII. Ecological Consequences of Seed Dispersal; IX. Evolutionary Derivation of Dispersal Syndromes.
- X. Comparison with American and African AcaciaXI. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 4. Seed Dispersal by Fruit-Eating Birds and Mammals; 1. Introduction; II. Definitions; III. Foraging for Fruits; IV. Attracting Dispersal Agents; V. Population Ecology of Seed Dispersal; VI. Community Effects; VII. Summary and Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 5. Rodents as Seed Consumers and Dispersers; I. Introduction; II. Granivorous rodents and the Fates of Seeds; III. Determinants of the Fate Path; IV. Net Effect of Granivorous Rodents; V. Directions for Further Research.
- AcknowledgementsReferences; Chapter 6. Seed Dispersal in Relation to Fire; I. Introduction; II. Fire as a Dispersal Vector; III. Post-Fire Conditions; IV. Long-Distance Dispersal; V. Local Dispersal; VI. General Theories; VII. Summary; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 7. Evolution of Seed Dispersal Syndromes According to the Fossil Record; I. Introduction; II. Materials and Methods; III. The Fossil Record
- Data; IV. Discussion; V. Summary; Acknowledgements; Text References; Data References; Species Index.