Survival Strategies of Annual Desert Plants

Survival Strategies of Annual Desert Plants by Yitzchak Gutterman.

Annual desert plant species of unrelated taxa in the Negev Desert of Israel have developed complementary sets of adaptations and survival strategies as ecological equivalents with physiological, morphological and anatomical resemblances, in the various stages of their life cycles. After 40 years of...

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Main Author: Gutterman, Yitzchak (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2002.
Edition:1st ed. 2002.
Series:Adaptations of Desert Organisms,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Plant ecology.
Plant science.
Botany.
Physical geography.
Plant physiology.
Agriculture.
Plant anatomy.
Plant development.
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Summary:Annual desert plant species of unrelated taxa in the Negev Desert of Israel have developed complementary sets of adaptations and survival strategies as ecological equivalents with physiological, morphological and anatomical resemblances, in the various stages of their life cycles. After 40 years of research in hot deserts Yitzchak Gutterman provides a comprehensive treatise of such adaptations and strategies. In doing so he covers the following topics: post-maturation primary seed dormancy, which prevents germination of maturing seeds before the summer; seed dispersal mechanisms with escape or protection strategies; cautious or opportunistic germination strategies; seedling drought tolerance. The day-length is an important factor in regulating flowering as well as the phenotypic plasticity of seed germination which is also affected by maternal factors.
Physical Description:XX, 348 p. online resource.
ISBN:9783642559747
ISSN:1430-9432
DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-55974-7

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