โ Scribed by Otto T. Solbrig (editor); Subodh Jain (editor); George B. Johnson (editor); Peter H. Raven (editor)
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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
List of Contributors
Introduction
George Ledyard Stebbins
Publications by Gls
1. Fifty Years of Plant Evolution
Part 1. Adaptation and Genetic Variation in Populations
Introduction
2. Adaptation from the Perspective of Optimality
3. Enzyme Polymorphism: Genetic Variation in the Physiological Phenotype
4. Genetic Variation and Longevity
5. A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Recombination in Plants
6. Pollinator Foraging Behavior: Genetic Implications for Plants
Part 2. Life-Cycle Parameters
Introduction
7. Adaptive Strategies: Polymorphism, Plasticity, and Homeostasis
8. Seed Germination Syndromes in Higher Plants
9. Patterns of Juvenile Mortality and Recruitment in Plants
10. The Basic Biology of Plant Numbers
11. The Origin of Phenotype in a Recently Evolved Species
12. Competition and Coexistence of Similar Species
Part 3. Energy Harvest and Nutrient Capture
Introduction
13. Environmental and Evolutionary Constraints on the Photosynthetic Characteristics of Higher Plants
14. Drought-Stress Effects on Leaf Carbon Balance
15. The Climatology of the G, Photosynthetic Pathway
16. On the Adaptive Significance of Leaf Form
17. Root Structure: The Considerable Cost of Belowground Function
18. Canopy Structure and Environmental Interactions
Part 4. Summary and Conclusions
19. Future Directions in Plant Population Biology
Literature Cited
Participants in the Ithaca Conference
Taxon Index
Subject Index
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