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9780412442308

Diversity and Evolution of Land Plants

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  • ISBN13:

    9780412442308

  • ISBN10:

    0412442302

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1992-05-01
  • Publisher: Chapman & Hall
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Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
The study of diversity
The names of organismsp. 1
Studying plant structurep. 5
Charactersp. 7
The plant body: plant behaviour
Plants are different from animalsp. 24
The environment of plantsp. 33
Plant growth and behaviourp. 36
The first land plants: patterns of diversity
Plant fossilsp. 55
Algal ancestorsp. 58
An early community of land plantsp. 59
Diversifying on landp. 63
The axis and its appendagesp. 73
The age of gymnosperms: extinct seed plant groupsp. 78
Sex and dispersal: gametes, spores, seeds and fruits
The alternation of generationsp. 88
The sporophytep. 90
The gametophytep. 99
Heterothallismp. 107
Seed plants: the ovulep. 110
A classification of land plantsp. 130
Flowers: evolution and diversity
The evolution of angiospermsp. 133
Cross pollinationp. 138
Breeding systemsp. 141
Evolutionary trendsp. 148
A review of angiospermsp. 157
Trees: adaptations in woods and forests
Wood anatomyp. 187
Tree architecturep. 197
Leavesp. 205
Bark and peridermp. 208
Epiphytesp. 210
Adaptive growth forms: the limiting physical environment
Water relationsp. 223
The bryophytes; non-vascular plantsp. 227
Gas relationsp. 234
Aquatic plantsp. 236
Nutrient relationsp. 242
Surviving environmental extremesp. 255
Life formsp. 257
Competition, herbivory and dispersal: the limiting biotic environment
Reproductive strategiesp. 263
Herbivoryp. 267
Dispersalp. 279
Establishmentp. 287
A behavioural classification of plantsp. 287
Cultivated plants: conclusion
Exploited diversity, the uses of plantsp. 291
The genetic history of cropsp. 293
Future prospectsp. 294
Conclusionp. 294
Glossaryp. 297
Referencesp. 316
Indexp. 327
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