Topics in Plant Population Biology / Otto T. Solbrig, Peter H. Raven, George B. Johnson, Subodh Jain.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jain, Subodh, editor.

Johnson, George B., editor.

Raven, Peter H., editor.

Solbrig, Otto T., editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1979]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Studies population biology to understand in detail how natural selection operates and to understand the mechanisms of adaptation. Also looks at changes in gene frequency, number of individuals, and phenotypic characteristics of members of populations over time.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Contributors

Introduction

George Ledyard Stebbins / Solbrig, Otto T.

Publications by Gls

1. Fifty Years of Plant Evolution / Stebbins, G. Ledyard

Part 1. Adaptation and Genetic Variation in Populations

2. Adaptation from the Perspective of Optimality / Horn, Henry S.

3. Enzyme Polymorphism: Genetic Variation in the Physiological Phenotype / Johnson, George B.

4. Genetic Variation and Longevity / Hamrick, J. L.

5. A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Recombination in Plants / Solbrig, Otto T.

6. Pollinator Foraging Behavior: Genetic Implications for Plants / Levin, Donald A.

Part 2. Life-Cycle Parameters

7. Adaptive Strategies: Polymorphism, Plasticity, and Homeostasis / Jain, Subodh

8. Seed Germination Syndromes in Higher Plants / Angevine, Mark W. / Chabot, Brian F.

9. Patterns of Juvenile Mortality and Recruitment in Plants / Cook, Robert Edward

10. The Basic Biology of Plant Numbers / Hickman, James C.

11. The Origin of Phenotype in a Recently Evolved Species / Gottlieb, L. D.

12. Competition and Coexistence of Similar Species / Werner, Patricia A.

Part 3. Energy Harvest and Nutrient Capture

13. Environmental and Evolutionary Constraints on the Photosynthetic Characteristics of Higher Plants / Mooney, H. A. / Gulmon, S. L.

14. Drought-Stress Effects on Leaf Carbon Balance / Chabot, Brian F. / Bunce, James A.

15. The Climatology of the G, Photosynthetic Pathway / Teeri, J. A.

16. On the Adaptive Significance of Leaf Form / Givnish, Thomas

17. Root Structure: The Considerable Cost of Belowground Function / Caldwell, Martyn M.

18. Canopy Structure and Environmental Interactions / Miller, P. C. / Stoner, W. A.

Part 4. Summary and Conclusions

19. Future Directions in Plant Population Biology / Raven, Peter H.

Literature Cited

Participants in the Ithaca Conference

Taxon Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89854-1

OCLC:

1100440630