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Ecology and Evolution of Flowers

Edited by Lawrence D. Harder and Spencer C. H. Barrett

Price: £44.95 (paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-857086-8
Publication date: 30 November 2006
384 pages, 1 halftone, 8 color plates, 104 line illus., 246x189 mm

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'"all researchers in the field of flower biology will find something to interest them in these thought-provoking reviews and syntheses".' - Systematic Biology
'"This comprehensive book is dedicated to the late David G. Lloyd, whose conceptual synthesis laid the foundation for modern plant reproductive biology. The chapters draw from an international slate of experts and, like Lloyd's work itself, integrate mathematical theory and empiricism. This book provides a state-of-the-art view of reproductive biology today." Bioscience, October 2007' -
''An excellent buy for £37.50.' Bulletin of the British Ecological Society, 2007 38:2' -

Description

Contributions from a global team of leading authorities
Focuses on ecological and evolutionary processes rather than patterns, promoting a conceptual approach that fully integrates theory, experimental analysis and comparative methods
Examines plant reproduction processes at the population, metapopulation, community, and geographical scales
Places floral biology into the broader context of life-history evolution, and considers the functional linkages between flowers, inflorescences, and plant architecture

Readership: An advanced textbook suitable for graduate level students taking courses in plant ecology, evolution, systematics, biodiversity and conservation. It will also be of interest and use to a broader audience of plant scientists seeking an authoritative overview of recent advances in floral biology.

Contents

Preface

1. David G. Lloyd and the evolution of floral biology: from natural history to strategic analysis , Spencer CH Barrett and Lawrence D Harder

Part 1 Strategic perspectives on floral biology

2. Selection on reproductive characters: conceptual foundations and their extension to pollinator interactions , Martin T Morgan

3. Evolutionarily stable reproductive investment and sex allocation in plants , Da-Yong Zhang

4. Pollen and ovule fates and reproductive performance by flowering plants , Lawrence D Harder and Matthew B Routley

Part 2 Ecological context of floral function and its evolution

5. Models of pollinator-mediated gene dispersal in plants , James E Cresswell

6. Pollinator responses to plant communities and implications for reproductive character evolution , Monica A Geber and David A Moeller

7. Non-pollinator agents of selection on floral traits , Sharon Y Strauss and Justen B Whittall

8. Flowering phenologies of animal-pollinated plants: reproductive strategies and agents of selection , Gaku Kudo

9. Flower performance in human-altered habitats , Marcelo A Aizen and Diego P Vazquez

Part 3 Mating strategies and sexual systems

10. Reproductive assurance and the evolution of uniparental reproduction in flowering plants , Christopher G Eckert, Karen E Samis and Sara Dart

11. The evolution of separate sexes: a focus on the ecological context , Tia-Lynn Ashman

12. Effects of colonization and metapopulation dynamics on the evolution of plant sexual systems , John R Pannell

13. Floral design and the evolution of asymmetrical mating systems , Spencer CH Barrett and Kathryn A Hodgins

Part 4 Floral diversification

14. Ecological genetics of floral evolution , Jeffrey K Conner

15. Geographical context of floral evolution: towards an improved research programme in floral diversification , Carlos M Herrera, Maria C Castellanos and Monica Medrano

16. Pollinator-driven speciation in plants , Steven D Johnson

17. Floral Characters and Species Diversification , Kathleen M Kay, Claudia Voelckel, Ji Y Yang, Kristina H Hufford, Debora D Kaska and Scott A Hodges

18. Floral Biology of Hybrid Zones , Diane R Campbell and George Aldridge

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Authors, editors, and contributors

Edited by Lawrence D. Harder, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary and
Spencer C. H. Barrett, Professor & Canada Research Chair, Department of Botany, University of Toronto

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Plant ecology
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