| Edition |
Oxford Univ. Press pbk. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 344 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Foreword; Contents; I: Conceptual Issues in Plant Breeding Systems; 1. Sociobiology of plants: an emerging synthesis; 2. Paternity in plants; 3. Inclusive fitness, seed resources, and maternal care; 4. Monomorphic and dimorphic sexual strategies: a modular approach; 5. The evolution, maintenance, and loss of self-incompatibility systems; 6. Sex determination in plants; 7. Gender diphasy ("sex choice"); II: Ecological Forces; 8. Nectar production, flowering phenology, and strategies for pollination; 9. Patterns of fruit and seed production; 10. Plant morphology and reproduction. |
| Summary |
This collection of reviews 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Plants -- Reproduction.
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Plants -- Reproduction. |
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Plant ecology.
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Plant ecology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Lovett Doust, Jon.
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Lovett Doust, Lesley.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Plant reproductive ecology. Oxford Univ. Press pbk. New York : Oxford University Press, 1990, ©1988 9780195063943 (OCoLC)21273748 |
| ISBN |
9780198021926 (electronic book) |
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0198021925 (electronic book) |
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