Seed Ecology

Seed Ecology by M.W. Fenner.

This book is about the regeneration of plants from seed under field conditions. It attempts to give a reasonably balanced overview of the many aspects of this broad topic. The first chapter introduces some general ideas about reproduction in plants. Subsequent chapters deal with the early stages in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fenner, M.W (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1985.
Edition:1st ed. 1985.
Series:Outline Studies in Ecology
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Plant science.
Botany.
Plant ecology.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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