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Title Ecology and evolution of flowers / edited by Lawrence D. Harder, Spencer C.H. Barrett
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 370 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Series Oxford biology
Oxford biology.
Contents David G. Lloyd and the evolution of floral biology: from natural history to strategic analysis / Spencer C.H. Barrett, Lawrence D. Harder -- Selection on reproductive characters: conceptual foundations and their extension to pollinator interactions / Martin T. Morgan -- Evolutionarily stable reproductive investment and sex allocation in plants / Da-Yong Zhang -- Pollen and ovule and reproductive performance by flowering plants / Lawrence D. Harder, Matthew B. Routley -- Models of pollinator-mediated gene dispersal in plants / James E. Cresswell -- Pollinator responses to plant communities and implications for reproductive character evolution / Monica A. Gerber, David A. Moeller -- Non-pollinator agents of selection on floral traits / Shron Y. Strauss, Justin B. Whittall -- Flowering phonologies of animal -pollinated plants: reproductive strategies and agents of selection -- Gaku Kudo -- Flower performance in human-altered habitats / Marcelo A. Aizen, Diego P. Vázquez -- Reproductive assurance and the evolution of uniparental reproduction in flowering plants / Christopher G. Eckert, Karen E. Samis, Sara Dart -- Evolution of separate sexes: a focus on the ecological context / Tia-Lynn Ashman -- Effects of colonization and metapopulation dynamics on the evolution of plant sexual systems / John R. Pannell -- Floral design and the evolution of asymmetrical mating systems / Spenceer C.H. Barrett, Kathryn A. Hodgins -- Ecological genetics of loral evolution / Jeffery K. Conner -- Geographical context of floral evolution: towards and improved research programme in floral diversification / Carlos M. Herrera, Mária Clara Castellanos, Mónica Medrano -- Pollinator-driven speciation in plants / Steven D. Johnson -- Floral characters and species diversification / Kathleen M. Kay [and others] -- Floral biology of hybrid zones / Diane R. Campbell, George Aldridge
Summary The reproductive organs and mating biology of angiosperms (flowering plants) exhibit greater variety than those of any other group of organism, and floral traits provide some of the most compelling examples of evolution by natural selection. Given this diversity, a more strategic approach to their study is required which seeks to unravel general principles concerning the role of ecological function in the evolution of reproductive diversity. Harder & Barrett adopt just such an. approach to expose new insights into the functional basis of floral diversity. Major sections of the book in turn exa
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Plants, Flowering of.
Plant ecology.
Plants -- Evolution.
Plants, Flowering of -- Flowering time.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
Plants, Flowering of -- Flowering time
Plant ecology
Plants -- Evolution
Plants, Flowering of
Blüte
Evolution
Bloemen.
Evolutie.
Ecologische aspecten.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Aufsatzsammlung.
Form Electronic book
Author Harder, Lawrence D.
Barrett, Spencer Charles Hilton.
LC no. 2006022878
ISBN 9780191513862
0191513865
1280758260
9781280758263
9786610758265
6610758263
1429459972
9781429459976