| Description |
Online resource (200 pages) : colour illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Flowers and pollination in lore and legend--Categorising rainforest plants--Rise of the angiosperms, and archaic vascular plants in Australia's rainforests--Being a flower--Introduction to breeding systems--Spatial and temporal structure of rainforest : general mechanisms that influence pollination and reproductive ecology--Australian vegetation history and its influence on plant-pollinator relationships--Pollination and the Australian flora--Pollination syndromes : who brings the 'flower children' in rainforest?--App. 1. - Pollination ecology of Australian subtropical rainforests : implications for the conservation of remnant communities--App. 2. - Case studies of pollination in the Australian rainforest flora--App. 3. - Large insects and their place in the scheme of things--App. 4. - Some dioecious and partly dioecious species in Australian subtropical rainforests--App. 5. - Self-compatibility in Australian lowland subtropical rainforest species--App. 6. - Rainforest trees and shrubs that regenerate from coppice growth following bushfire--App. 7. - Generalised pollen groups based on exine sculpture--App. 8. - Species of thrips (Thysanoptera) associated with the flowers of Australian suntropical rainforest plants |
| Summary |
The Flowering of Australia's Rainforests provides an overview of pollination in Australian rainforests, especially subtropical rainforests. It also examines the plant-pollinator relationships found in rainforests worldwide.The Flowering of Australia's Rainforests progresses through introductory and popular sections that cover pollination in lore and legend; plant and flower evolution and development; and the role and function of colour, fragrance and form. Later chapters deal with breeding systems; mimicry; spatial, temporal and structural influences on plant-pollinator interactions; and a discussion and overview of floral syndromes. The book concludes with a section on conservation and fragmentation, and individual plant pollination case studies.Illustrated with colour photographs of major species, this reference work will be treasured by field naturalists, ecologists, conservation biologists, botanists, ecosystem managers, environmentalists, community groups and individuals involved in habitat restoration, students, and those with a broad interest in natural history |
| Analysis |
Pollination |
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Rain forests |
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Flowering |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [168]-190) and index |
| Notes |
Also available via the World Wide Web |
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System requirements: Internet connectivity, World Wide Web browser. Downloading of an entire book requires Adobe Digital Editions. Use of bookmarks requires individual registration with Amigo Reader |
| Subject |
Rain forest ecology -- Australia.
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Pollination -- Australia -- Miscellanea.
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Rain forest plants -- Australia -- Miscellanea.
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Rain forests -- Australia -- Miscellanea.
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| Genre/Form |
Miscellanea.
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Trivia and miscellanea.
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| Author |
Adam, Paul, 1951- author
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CSIRO Publishing.
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| LC no. |
2011499589 |
| ISBN |
0643097619 |
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9780643097612 (hardback) |
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