Principles of dispersal in higher plants
Leendert Pijl.
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (170 p.)
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| Utgave | 2nd ed. 1972.
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - I. Introduction -- A. The Place of Dispersal in the Chain of Life -- B. Limitations and Objections -- C. History and General Literature -- II. General Terminology -- III. The Units of Dispersal -- Vegetative Parts in Dispersal and False Vivipary -- IV. The Relation between Flowers, Seeds and Fruits -- A. Seed and Fruit -- B. Morphological Fruit Systems -- C. Morphological Interaction between Fruit and Flower -- D. Inadequacy of Current Fruit Terminology -- V. Ecological Dispersal Classes, Established on the Basis of the Dispersing Agents -- A. General -- B. Invertebrates -- C. Fishes and Ichthyochory -- D. Reptiles and Saurochory -- E. Birds and Ornithochory -- F. Mammals and Mammaliochory -- G. Ants and Myrmecochory -- H. Wind and Anemochory -- J. Water and Hydrochory -- K. Epizoochory, Transport on the Outside of Animals in General -- L. Autochory, Dispersal by the Plant Itself -- M. Barochory, Dispersal by Weight Only -- VI. Combination, Limitation and Cooperation -- A. Atelochory -- B. Polychory and Attendant Phenomena -- C. Concluding Remarks on Synecology -- VII Establishment -- A. General -- B. Fixation -- C. Vivipary -- D Germination -- VIII. The Evolution of Dispersal Organs -- A. Aims -- B. Isosporous Pteridophytes -- C. Heterosporous Pteridophytes with Free Megaspores -- D. Pteridosperms -- E. Gymnosperms (or Pre-Angiosperms) -- F. Angiosperms -- IX. Ecological Developments in Leguminous Fruits -- X. Mand and his Plants in Relation to Dispersal -- References -- Index of Scientific Plant Names -- Index of Scientific Animal Names.. - Reviewers from diverse branches of botany have exerted pressure to have chapters dealing with their field extended. If only to cover his incompetence, the author could not accede to these requests. Nor was it possible to respond to Eastern European urgings to extend the classificatory terminology, especially in ChapterX. He is grateful for indications of factual shortcomings in the chosen field, especially for those by Dr. RUDOLF SCHMID (Ann Arbor), who provided exten sive comment. L. VAN DER PIlL The Hague, spring 1972 Preface to the First Edition The work offered here is a companion volume to the work by K. FAEGRI and 1. VAN DER PIJL, Principles of Pollination Ecology, whim. deals with the preced ing phase of reproduction in plants. In the present work too, the emphasis is on principles and ecology. It is neither an enumeration of mechanisms, nor a compilation of cases. RIDLEY'S monumental work The Dispersal of Plants Throughout the World comprises 700 large pages of small print, and research has proceeded since then. Though this work is more than just a compilation and contains much insight and thoughts on principles in addition to reviews, its completeness hinders its use as a text book. As a reference work, it is unsurpassed and the writer made frequent use of it. The writer paid special attention to functional backgrounds for the use of taxonomists working with "characters" and to biosystematics at the macro-level.
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| ISBN | 3-642-96108-8
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