Plant Reproductive Ecology: Patterns and Strategies - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195063945 ISBN 13: 9780195063943

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1990

Synopsis

This collection of reviews by leading investigators examines plant reproduction and sexuality within a framework of evolutionary ecology, providing an up-to-date account of the field. 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. The evolution, maintenance, and loss of self-incompatibility in plants, the nature of 'sex choice' in plants, and sex dimorphism are all explored in detail. Specific forms of biotic interactions shaping the evolution of plant reproductive strategy are discussed, and a taxonomically based review of the reproductive ecology of non-angiosperm plant groups, such as bryophytes, ferns, and algae, is presented. Together these studies focus on the complexities of plant life cycles and the distinctive reproductive biologies of these organisms, while showing the similarities between nonflowering plants and the more thoroughly documented flowering species.

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About the Author

Jon and Lesley Lovett-Doust is at the University of Windsor.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195063945
• ISBN 13: 9780195063943
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360
• Editor: Lovett-Doust Jon And Lesley