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Topics in Plant Population Biology

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  • © 1979

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Editors:
  1. Otto T. Solbrig

    1. Department of Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

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  2. Subodh Jain

    1. Department of Agronomy, University of California, Davis, USA

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  3. George B. Johnson

    1. Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, USA

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  4. Peter H. Raven

    1. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, USA

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. George Ledyard Stebbins

    1. George Ledyard Stebbins

      • Otto T. Solbrig
      Pages 1-17

  3. Fifty Years of Plant Evolution

    1. Fifty Years of Plant Evolution

      • G. Ledyard Stebbins
      Pages 18-41

  4. Adaptation and Genetic Variation in Populations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-47
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    2. Adaptation from the Perspective of Optimality

      • Henry S. Horn
      Pages 48-61

    3. Enzyme Polymorphism: Genetic Variation in the Physiological Phenotype

      • George B. Johnson
      Pages 62-83

    4. Genetic Variation and Longevity

      • J. L. Hamrick
      Pages 84-113

    5. A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Recombination in Plants

      • Otto T. Solbrig
      Pages 114-130

    6. Pollinator Foraging Behavior: Genetic Implications for Plants

      • Donald A. Levin
      Pages 131-153

  5. Life-Cycle Parameters

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-159
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    2. Adaptive Strategies: Polymorphism, Plasticity, and Homeostasis

      • Subodh Jain
      Pages 160-187

    3. Seed Germination Syndromes in Higher Plants

      • Mark W. Angevine, Brian F. Chabot
      Pages 188-206

    4. Patterns of Juvenile Mortality and Recruitment in Plants

      • Robert Edward Cook
      Pages 207-231

    5. The Basic Biology of Plant Numbers

      • James C. Hickman
      Pages 232-263

    6. The Origin of Phenotype in a Recently Evolved Species

      • L. D. Gottlieb
      Pages 264-286

    7. Competition and Coexistence of Similar Species

      • Patricia A. Werner
      Pages 287-310

  6. Energy Harvest and Nutrient Capture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 311-315
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    2. Environmental and Evolutionary Constraints on the Photosynthetic Characteristics of Higher Plants

      • H. A. Mooney, S. L. Gulmon
      Pages 316-337

    3. Drought-Stress Effects on Leaf Carbon Balance

      • Brian F. Chabot, James A. Bunce
      Pages 338-355

    4. The Climatology of the C4 Photosynthetic Pathway

      • J. A. Teeri
      Pages 356-374
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

    Otto T. Solbrig

  • Department of Agronomy, University of California, Davis, USA

    Subodh Jain

  • Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, USA

    George B. Johnson

  • Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, USA

    Peter H. Raven

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Topics in Plant Population Biology

  • Editors: Otto T. Solbrig, Subodh Jain, George B. Johnson, Peter H. Raven

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04627-0

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1979

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 589

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Plant Sciences

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