Plant Life Histories : Ecology, Phylogeny and Evolution
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'Plant Life Histories has arrived at an apt moment ... I enjoyed readingPlant Life Histories and recommend it not only to everybody interested in evolutionary ecology, but also to ecologists who may be classsified as 'too ecological'.' Martin Zobel, Trends in Plant Science
Book Description
This book reexamines patterns of relationship among plant life history traits in phylogenetic perspective. The reexamination first recognizes that because evolution is a branching process, traits are not randomly distributed across taxa and that therefore analysis of trait correlations cannot treat species as independent data points. It then discusses the use of phylogeny to reconstruct the evolutionary pathways of traits. Part 1 looks at the use of the phylogenetic perspective on trait correlation. Parts 2-4 examine traits from the reproductive phase from seed production and dispersal to recruitment and growth. The final section looks at interactions between plants and competitors, herbivores and microbial symbionts, recognizing that these interactions may have an ancient evolutionary history.
Plant Life Histories: Ecology, Phylogeny and Evolution,Jonathan Silvertown,Miguel Franco,John L. Harper,Cambridge University Press,0521574951,Evolution,Life Sciences - Biology - General,Life Sciences - Botany,Life Sciences - Evolution,Phylogeny,Plant ecology,Plants,Science,Science/Mathematics,Taxonomic Botany,Plants--Phylogeny,Science / Biology
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