Seedling Ecology and EvolutionMary Allessio Leck, V. Thomas Parker, Robert Simpson Seedlings are highly sensitive to their environment. After seeds, they typically suffer the highest mortality of any life history stage. This book provides a comprehensive exploration of the seedling stage of the plant life cycle. It considers the importance of seedlings in plant communities; environmental factors with special impact on seedlings; the morphological and physiological diversity of seedlings including mycorrhizae; the relationship of the seedling with other life stages; seedling evolution; and seedlings in human altered ecosystems, including deserts, tropical rainforests, and habitat restoration projects. The diversity of seedlings is portrayed by including specialised groups like orchids, bromeliads, and parasitic and carnivorous plants. Discussions of physiology, morphology, evolution and ecology are brought together to focus on how and why seedlings are successful. This important text sets the stage for future research and is valuable to graduate students and researchers in plant ecology, botany, agriculture and conservation. |
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Seedling Ecology and Evolution Mary Allessio Leck,V. Thomas Parker,Robert L. Simpson No preview available - 2008 |
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adult angiosperms Asteraceae auxin basal angiosperms Baskin biomass Boeken Brassicaceae bromeliads bryophytes canopy cells Chapter colonization competition cotyledons density dicots dispersal disturbance diversity dormancy drought dynamics ecosystems effects embryo embryophyte environmental environments epiphytic evolution functional fungal germination grassland growth rate Gutterman gymnosperms habitats haustorium herbivory host hypocotyl increased interactions invasive Journal of Botany Journal of Ecology Kitajima leaf Leguminosae light litter Lubbock lycophytes mature Moles monocots morphology mortality mycorrhizal fungi nutrient Oecologia orchids parasitic patterns photosynthetic phylogenetic phytohormones Pinaceae Pinus plant communities plant species Poaceae population produce protocorm regeneration reproductive resource responses restoration Restoration Ecology root seed and seedling seed banks seed mass seedling emergence seedling establishment seedling growth seedling recruitment seedling stage seedling survival Shachak shade shrub shrubland soil spatial sporophyte strategies stress structure studies successional suspensor taxa tion tissue tolerance trade-off tree seedlings tropical forests understory variation vivipary Westoby woody