| Description |
xviii, 313 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Preface / J. L. Harper, J. Silvertown and M. Franco -- 1. Comparing plants and connecting traits / Jonathan Silvertown and Mike Dodd -- 2. Phylogenetic uncertainties and sensitivity analyses in comparative biology / Michael J. Donoghue and David D. Ackerly -- 3. Comparative ecology of the native and alien floras of the British Isles / M. J. Crawley, P. H. Harvey and A. Purvis -- 4. The comparative biology of pollination and mating in flowering plants / Spencer C. H. Barrett, Lawrence D. Harder and Anne C. Worley -- 5. How does self-pollination evolve? Inferences from floral ecology and molecular genetic variation / Daniel J. Schoen, Martin T. Morgan and Thomas Bataillon -- 6. Effects of life history traits on genetic diversity in plant species / J. L. Hamrick and M. J. W. Godt -- 7. Evolutionary ecology of seed dormancy and seed size / Mark Rees -- 8. Comparative ecology of seed size and dispersal / Mark Westoby, Michelle Leishman and Janice Lord |
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9. Packaging and provisioning in plant reproduction / D. Lawrence Venable -- 10. Comparative ecology of clonal plants / J. M. van Groenendael, L. Klimes and J. Klimesova [et al.] -- 11. Life history variation in plants: an exploration of the fast-slow continuum hypothesis / Miguel Franco and Jonathan Silvertown -- 12. Life history evolution in heterogeneous environments: a review of theory / Richard M. Sibly -- 13. Insect-plant interactions: the evolution of component communities / Douglas J. Futuyma and Charles Mitter -- 14. Evolutionary trends in root-microbe symbioses / A. H. Fitter and B. Moyersoen -- 15. Competitive ability: definitions, contingency and correlated traits / Deborah E. Goldberg |
| Summary |
Plant Life Histories re-examines patterns of relationships between plant life history traits in phylogenetic perspective. The re-examination recognizes that because evolution is a branching process, traits are not randomly distributed across taxa and that therefore analysis of trait correlations cannot treat species as independent data points. Students and researchers of evolution, ecology and botany will find much of value here |
| Notes |
"The Royal Society"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Plant ecology.
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Plants -- Evolution.
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Plants -- Phylogeny.
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| Author |
Franco, Miguel (Franco Baquiero)
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Harper, John L.
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Silvertown, Jonathan W.
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| LC no. |
96051104 |
| ISBN |
0521574951 (paperback) |
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