Seedling Ecology and Evolution

Seedling Ecology and Evolution PDF

Author: Mary Allessio Leck

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-09-18

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 0521873053

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Seedlings are highly sensitive to their environment. After seeds, they typically suffer the highest mortality of any life history stage. This book provides a comprehensive exploration of the seedling stage of the plant life cycle. It considers the importance of seedlings in plant communities; environmental factors with special impact on seedlings; the morphological and physiological diversity of seedlings including mycorrhizae; the relationship of the seedling with other life stages; seedling evolution; and seedlings in human altered ecosystems, including deserts, tropical rainforests, and habitat restoration projects. The diversity of seedlings is portrayed by including specialised groups like orchids, bromeliads, and parasitic and carnivorous plants. Discussions of physiology, morphology, evolution and ecology are brought together to focus on how and why seedlings are successful. This important text sets the stage for future research and is valuable to graduate students and researchers in plant ecology, botany, agriculture and conservation.

Seed Fate

Seed Fate PDF

Author: J. E. Lambert

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 9780851990729

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This book presents current knowledge of seed fate in both natural and human-disturbed landscapes, from various regions of the world. Habitats considered range from mountain and arid deserts in the temperate zone, to savanna and lowland rainforests in tropical regions of the world. Particular attention is paid to plant diversity conservation when seed removal is affected by factors such as hunting, habitat fragmentation or intensive logging. Contributors include leading scientists involved in research on seed ecology and on animal-plant relationships from the perspective of both primary and secondary seed dispersal, and predation.

Vascular Epiphytes

Vascular Epiphytes PDF

Author: David H. Benzing

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-01-07

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9780521048958

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This synthesis of the growing body of information from research on epiphytes and their relations with other tropical biota provides a comprehensive overview of basic functions, life history, evolution, and the place of epiphytes in complex tropical communities. Epiphytes comprise more than one-third of the tropical vascular flora in some tropical forests. Growing within tropical forest canopies, epiphytes are subject to severe environmental constraints, and their diverse adaptations make them a rich resource for studies of water balance, nutrition, reproduction and evolution.

Bromeliaceae

Bromeliaceae PDF

Author: David H. Benzing

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2000-04-06

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 9780521430319

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This book covers bromeliad biology, rather than cultivation.

The Gramineae

The Gramineae PDF

Author: Agnes Arber

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-09-30

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 1108017312

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A detailed comparative study of the Gramineae family of plants, which includes cereals, grasses and bamboos.