Seed Ecology /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Fenner, M.W. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1985.
Edición:1st ed. 1985.
Colección:Outline Studies in Ecology
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490 1 |a Outline Studies in Ecology 
505 0 |a 1 Reproductive strategies in plants -- 1.1 Seeds versus vegetative reproduction -- 1.2 The principle of allocation -- 1.3 Reproductive effort -- 1.4 Life histories and fertility schedules -- 1.5 Seed size and number -- 2 Predispersal hazards -- 2.1 Seed losses due to pollination failure -- 2.2 Seed losses due to resource deficiency -- 2.3 Seed losses due to predation -- 2.4 Seed losses due to lethal gene combinations -- 3 Dispersal -- 3.1 Dispersal curves -- 3.2 Dispersal agents -- 3.3 Wind dispersal -- 3.4 External carriage by birds, animals and man -- 3.5 Myrmecochory -- 3.6 Dispersal by frugivory -- 3.7 Long distance dispersal -- 4 Soil seed banks -- 4.1 The seed content of soils -- 4.2 Seed banks in relation to life strategies -- 4.3 Seed longevity -- 4.4 Field longevity experiments -- 4.5 Ecological significance of seed banks -- 5 Dormancy -- 5.1 Ecological significance of dormancy -- 5.2 Types of dormancy -- 5.3 Cyclic changes in dormancy -- 5.4 Influence of parental environment on seed dormancy -- 5.5 Correlative effects -- 6 Germination -- 6.1 The role of gaps in regeneration -- 6.2 Temperature fluctuations -- 6.3 Light quality and periodicity -- 6.4 Microtopography and water relations -- 6.5 The chemical environment -- 7 Seedling establishment -- 7.1 Shade, seed size and seedling growth -- 7.2 Seedling morphology in relation to shade -- 7.3 Competition and seedling survival -- 7.4 Other establishment hazards: drought, burial and predation -- 8 Regeneration and diversity -- 8.1 Coexistence -- 8.2 Gap size -- 8.3 Gap diversity -- 8.4 Timing of disturbance -- 8.5 Environmental fluctuations -- 8.6 Intraspecific spacing -- 8.7 Relative abundance -- References. 
650 0 |a Plant science. 
650 0 |a Botany. 
650 0 |a Plant ecology. 
650 1 4 |a Plant Sciences. 
650 2 4 |a Plant Ecology. 
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