Seedling Ecology and Evolution

ISBN: 9780521694667 出版年：2008 页码：536 Leck Parker Simpson Cambridge University Press

Foreword Peter Grubb Preface Mary Allessio Leck, Robert L. Simpson and V. Thomas Parker Part I. Introduction: 1. Why seedlings? Mary Allessio Leck, Robert L. Simpson and V. Thomas Parker Part II. Seedling Diversity: 2. Seedling natural history Mary Allessio Leck and Heather A. Outred 3. Specialized seedling strategies I - seedlings in stressful environments Jose M. Facelli 4. Specialized seedling strategies II - orchids, bromeliads, carnivorous plants, and parasites Dennis F. Whigham, Melissa K. McCormick and John P. O'Neill Part III. Seedling Morphology, Evolution, and Physiology: 5. Embryo morphology and seedling evolution Karl J. Niklas 6. Regeneration ecology of early angiosperm seeds and seedlings - integrating inferences from extant basal lineages and fossils Taylor S. Feild 7. Physiological and morphological changes during early seedling growth - roles of phytohormones Elizabeth J. Farnsworth 8. Seedling ecophysiology - strategies toward achievement of positive net carbon balance Kaoru Kitajima, Jonathan A. Myers 9. The role of symbioses in seedling establishment and survival Thomas R. Horton and Marcel G. A. van der Heijden Part IV. Life History Implications: 10. The seedling as part of a plant's life history strategy Angela T. Moles and Michelle R. Leishman 11. Seedling recruitment and population ecology Ove Eriksson and Johan Ehrlen 12. Seedling communities Jon E. Keeley and Phillip J. van Mantgem 13. Spatial variation in seedling emergence and establishment - functional groups among and within habitats? Johannes Kollmann Part V. Applications: 14. Does seedling ecology matter for biological invasions? Laura A. Hyatt 15. The role of seedlings in the dynamics of dryland ecosystems - their response to and involvement in dryland heterogeneity, degradation, and restoration Bertrand Boeken 16. Anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests - towards a functional understanding of seedling responses James W. Dalling and David F. R. P. Burslem 17. Seedling establishment in restored ecosystems Susan Galatowitsch Part VI. Synthesis: 18. The seedling in an ecological and evolutionary context V. Thomas Parker, Robert L. Simpson and Mary Allessio Leck References Index.