Seeds : the ecology of regeneration in plant communities /
This is the second edition of a multi-author book first published in 1992. It deals with all aspects of plant regeneration by seeds, including reproductive allocation, seed dispersal and predation, longevity, dormancy and germination. All chapters have been updated, and four new chapters added on se...
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| Language: | English |
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Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK :
CABI,
2000.
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| Edition: | 2nd edition. |
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| Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess |
Table of Contents:
- Preface / Michael Fenner
- Reproductive Allocation in Plants / Fakhri A. Bazzaz, David D. Ackerly and Edward G. Reekie
- The Evolutionary Ecology of Seed Size / Michelle R. Leishman, Ian J. Wright, Angela T. Moles and Mark Westoby
- Maternal Effects on Seeds During Development / Yitzchak Gutterman
- The Ecology of Seed Dispersal / Mary F. Willson and Anna Traveset
- Animals as Seed Dispersers / Edmund W. Stiles
- Fruits and Frugivory / Pedro Jordano
- Seed Predators and Plant Population Dynamics / Michael J. Crawley
- Dormancy, Viability and Longevity / Alistair J. Murdoch and Richard H. Ellis
- The Functional Ecology of Soil Seed Banks / Ken Thompson
- Seed Responses to Light / Thijs L. Pons
- The Role of Temperature in the Regulation of Seed Dormancy and Germination / Robin J. Probert
- Effect of Chemical Environment on Seed Germination / Henk W.M. Hilhorst and Cees M. Karssen
- Role of Fire in Regeneration from Seed / Jon E. Keeley and C.J. Fotheringham
- Ecology of Seedling Regeneration / Kaoru Kitajima and Michael Fenner
- The Contribution of Seedling Regeneration to the Structure and Dynamics of Plant Communities, Ecosystems and Larger Units of the Landscape / J. Philip Grime and Susan H. Hillier
- Gaps and Seedling Colonization / James M. Bullock.