Ecology and evolution of flowers / edited by Lawrence D. Harder, Spencer C.H. Barrett.

The reproductive organs and mating biology of angiosperms (flowering plants) exhibit greater variety than those of any other group of organism, and floral traits provide some of the most compelling examples of evolution by natural selection. Given this diversity, a more strategic approach to their s...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Harder, Lawrence D., Barrett, Spencer Charles Hilton
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:Oxford biology.
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Table of Contents:
  • David G. Lloyd and the evolution of floral biology: from natural history to strategic analysis / Spencer C.H. Barrett, Lawrence D. Harder
  • Selection on reproductive characters: conceptual foundations and their extension to pollinator interactions / Martin T. Morgan
  • Evolutionarily stable reproductive investment and sex allocation in plants / Da-Yong Zhang
  • Pollen and ovule and reproductive performance by flowering plants / Lawrence D. Harder, Matthew B. Routley
  • Models of pollinator-mediated gene dispersal in plants / James E. Cresswell
  • Pollinator responses to plant communities and implications for reproductive character evolution / Monica A. Gerber, David A. Moeller
  • Non-pollinator agents of selection on floral traits / Shron Y. Strauss, Justin B. Whittall
  • Flowering phonologies of animal -pollinated plants: reproductive strategies and agents of selection
  • Gaku Kudo
  • Flower performance in human-altered habitats / Marcelo A. Aizen, Diego P. Vázquez
  • Reproductive assurance and the evolution of uniparental reproduction in flowering plants / Christopher G. Eckert, Karen E. Samis, Sara Dart
  • Evolution of separate sexes: a focus on the ecological context / Tia-Lynn Ashman
  • Effects of colonization and metapopulation dynamics on the evolution of plant sexual systems / John R. Pannell
  • Floral design and the evolution of asymmetrical mating systems / Spenceer C.H. Barrett, Kathryn A. Hodgins
  • Ecological genetics of loral evolution / Jeffery K. Conner
  • Geographical context of floral evolution: towards and improved research programme in floral diversification / Carlos M. Herrera, Mária Clara Castellanos, Mónica Medrano
  • Pollinator-driven speciation in plants / Steven D. Johnson
  • Floral characters and species diversification / Kathleen M. Kay [and others]
  • Floral biology of hybrid zones / Diane R. Campbell, George Aldridge.