Serpentine : the evolution and ecology of a model system / edited by Susan Harrison and Nishanta Rajakaruna.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harrison, Susan (Susan Patricia)

Rajakaruna, Nishanta, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plants--Adaptation.

Plants.

Plants--Evolution.

Plant-soil relationships.

Serpentine plants.

Soils--Serpentine content.

Soils.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (461 p.)

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Serpentine soils have long fascinated biologists for the specialized floras they support and the challenges they pose to plant survival and growth. This volume focuses on what scientists have learned about major questions in earth history, evolution, ecology, conservation, and restoration from the study of serpentine areas, especially in California. Results from molecular studies offer insight into evolutionary patterns, while new ecological research examines both species and communities. Serpentine highlights research whose breadth provides context and fresh insights into the evolution and ecology of stressful environments.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Contributors

Preface

Introduction

1. Serpentinites and Other Ultramafic Rocks: Why They Are Important for Earth's History and Possibly for Its Future

2. Microbes in Extreme Environments: Implications for Life on the Early Earth and Other Planets

3. Phylogenetic Patterns of Endemism and Diversity

4. Plant Speciation

5. Intraspecific Variation, Adaptation, and Evolution

6. Genomic Approaches to Understanding Adaptation

7. Local Adaptation in Heterogeneous Landscapes: Reciprocal Transplant Experiments and Beyond

8. Herbivory and Other Cross-Kingdom Interactions on Harsh Soils

9. Invasions and the Evolution of Range Limits

10. Plant Competition and Facilitation in Systems with Strong Environmental Gradients

11. Community Invasibility: Spatial Heterogeneity, Spatial Scale, and Productivity

12. Disturbance and Diversity in Low-Productivity Ecosystems

13. Plant-Pollinator Interactions in Naturally Fragmented Habitats

14. Spatial Ecology: The Effects of Habitat Patch Size, Shape, and Isolation on Ecological Processes

15. Systematic Conservation Planning: Protecting Rarity, Representation, and Connectivity in Regional Landscapes

16. Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, and Global Change

17. Climate Change and Plant Communities on Unusual Soils

18. Restoration and Revegetation of Harsh Soils

19. What Have We Learned from Serpentine in Evolution, Ecology, and Other Sciences?

Species Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613277657

9781283277655

1283277654

9780520948457

0520948459

OCLC:

699475046