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基本説明
Examines plant reproduction within a framework of evolutionary ecology.
Full Description
This collection of reviews by leading investigators 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. The evolution, maintenance, and loss of self-incompatibility in plants, the nature of sex choice, and sex dimorphism are all explored. Specific forms of biotic interactions shaping the evolution of plant reproductive strategy are discussed, and a taxonomically based review of the reproductive biology 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 non-flowering plants and the more thoroughly documented flowering species.
Contents
CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN PLANT BREEDING SYSTEMS: J. and L. Lovett-Doust: Sociology of plants - an emerging synthesis; Robert Bertin: Paternity in Plants; David Haig and Mark Westoby: Inclusive fitness, seed resources, and maternal care; Paul Cox: Monomorphic and dimorphic sexual strategies - a modular approach; Spencer Barrett: The evolution, maintenance, and loss of self-incompatability systems; Mark Schlessman: Gender diphasy ("sex choice"); ECOLOGICAL FORCES: Michael Zimmerman: Nectar production, flowering phenology, and strategies for pollination; Tom Lee: Patterns of fruit and seed production; Don Waller: Plant morphology and reproduction; Jacob Weiner: The influence of competition on plant reproduction; Steve Hendrix: Herbivory and its impact on plant reproduction; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES OF NON-ANGIOSPERMS: Robert De Wreede and Terry Klinger: Reproductive strategies in algae; Brent Mishler: Reproductive ecology of bryophytes; Michael Cousens: Reproductive strategies of pteridophytes.
