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Reproductive Allocation in Plants
1st Edition - October 14, 2005
Editors: Edward Reekie, Fakhri A. Bazzaz
Hardback ISBN:9780120883868
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eBook ISBN:9780080454337
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Much effort has been devoted to developing theories to explain the wide variation we observe in reproductive allocation among environments. Reproductive Allocation in Plants describes why plants differ in the proportion of their resources that they allocate to reproduction and looks into the various theories. This book examines the ecological and evolutionary explanations for variation in plant reproductive allocation from the perspective of the underlying physiological mechanisms controlling reproduction and growth. An international team of leading experts have prepared chapters summarizing the current state of the field and offering their views on the factors determining reproductive allocation in plants. This will be a valuable resource for senior undergraduate students, graduate students and researchers in ecology, plant ecophysiology, and population biology.
8 outstanding chapters dedicated to the evolution and ecology of variation in plant reproductive allocation
Written by an international team of leading experts in the field
Provides enough background information to make it accessible to senior undergraduate students
Includes over 60 figures and 29 tables
Senior level undergraduate students, graduate students and researchers interested in plant biology.
Chapter 1: The Resource Economy of Plant Reproduction
Publisher Summary
I Introduction
II Historical Prelude
III The Principle of Allocation
IV Reproductive Effort
V Problems in Determining Reproductive Allocation
VI Dynamic Resource Allocation
VII Empirical Patterns in Reproductive Allocation
VIII Costs of Reproduction
IX Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Appendix 1 Main Data Sets Utilized to Test the Prediction of a Higher RE in Semelparous Species Compared to Iteroparous Ones
Appendix 2 Main Data Sets Testing the Prediction of a Higher RA in Early Successional Habitats Compared to Late Successional Ones. References have mostly been taken from Hancock and Pritts (1987), with a few Additions, Corrections, and exclusions, as Justified in the Text
Appendix 3 Data Sets Testing the Prediction of Decreasing RA with Increased Density (Competition) and Decreased RA with Decreasing Disturbance
Appendix 4 Summary of Studies Testing the Response of Annual and Perennial Plants to Different Stress Treatments
Chapter 2: Meristem Allocation as a Means of Assessing Reproductive Allocation
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I Introduction
II Developmental and Physiological Background of Meristem Allocation
III Meristem Structure and Generation of Plant Architecture
IV Axillary Bud Formation and Subsequent Development of the Bud
V Genetics and Physiology of the Floral Transition
VI Meristem Types
VII Meristem Models
VIII The Assumptions of the Models
IX The Impact of Meristem Allocation on Reproductive Allocation
X Plasticity of Meristem Allocation
XI Major Genes of Meristem Allocation
XII Resource Levels and Meristem Limitation
XIII The Function of Dormant Buds
XIV Meristem Allocation as a Surrogate in Estimation of Resource Allocation
XV Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Chapter 3: It Never Rains but then it Pours: The Diverse Effects of Water on Flower Integrity and Function
Publisher Summary
I Introduction
II The Functional Ecology of Water in the Life of a Flower
III Water Relations and the Evolution of Floral Traits
IV Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Chapter 4: The Allometry of Reproductive Allocation
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I Introduction
II Definition and Analysis of RA in Relation to Allometry
III Allometry Theory and RA
IV Relation of RA to Relative Fitness
V Allometry of Modules
VI Allometry of RA and Plant Life History
VII Determinants of Allometry
VIII Conclusions
Chapter 5: Sex-specific Physiology and its Implications for the Cost of Reproduction
Publisher Summary
I Introduction
II Sexual Polymorphisms
III Costs of Reproduction
IV Avenues for Mitigating the Cost of Reproduction
V Predictions for Sex-specific Physiology Based on Differential Reproductive Costs
VI Potential Causes of Sex-specific Physiology
VII Available Data on Sex-specific Physiology
VIII Recommendations for Future Study
Acknowledgments
Appendix
Chapter 6: Time of Flowering, Costs of Reproduction, and Reproductive Output in Annuals
Publisher Summary
I Introduction
II Modeling of Reproductive Output
III Timing of Reproduction
IV Costs of Reproduction
V Reproductive Nitrogen
VI Conclusions
Chapter 7: The Shape of the Trade-off Function between Reproduction and Growth
Publisher Summary
I Introduction
II Methods of Describing the Trade-off Function
III The Shape of the Trade-off Function in Plantago
IV Impact of Reproduction on Resource Uptake
V Differences in the Resource Requirements of Vegetative versus Reproductive Tissue
VI Effect of Nitrogen versus Light Limitation
VII Effect of Growth Pattern
VIII Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Chapter 8: On Size, Fecundity, and Fitness in Competing Plants
Publisher Summary
I Introduction
II Defining the Components of Competitive Ability for Between-species Plant Competition: Lessons from Within-species Competition
III Predicting Fecundity under Competition
IV Relationships among Plant Traits Affecting Fecundity under Competition: Alternative Ways to Compete Intensely While Avoiding Competitive Exclusion
V Preliminary Empirical Tests
VI Predicting Winners from Rank Orders in Plant Competition: Lessons from Sports Competition
VII Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Index
Physiological Ecology
No. of pages: 264
Language: English
Published: October 14, 2005
Imprint: Academic Press
Hardback ISBN: 9780120883868
eBook ISBN: 9780080454337
ER
Edward Reekie
Affiliations and expertise
Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada
FB
Fakhri A. Bazzaz
Affiliations and expertise
The Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.