Plant Life Histories: Ecology, Phylogeny and Evolution.

Abstract

Preface Part I. Phylogenetic Perspectives: 1. Comparing plants and connecting traits J. Silvertown, and M. Dodd 2. Phylogenetic uncertainties and sensitivity analyses in comparative biology M. Donoghue, and D. Ackerly 3. Comparative ecology of the native and alien floras of the British Isles M. J. Crawley, P. H. Harvey, and A. Purvis Part II. Reproductive Traits: 4. The comparative biology of pollination and mating in flowering plants S. C. H. Barrett, L. D. Harder, and A. C. Worley 5. How does self-pollination evolve? Inferences from floral ecology and molecular genetic variation S. C. H. Barrett, L. D. Harder, and A. C. Worley 6. Effects of life history traits on genetic diversity in plant species J. L. Hamrick, and M. J. W. Godt Part III. Evolutionary Ecology of Seed Dormancy and Seed Size: 7. Evolutionary ecology of seed dormancy and seed size J. L. Hamrick, and M. J. W. Godt 8. Comparative ecology of seed size and dispersal M. Westoby, M. Leishman, and J. Lord 9. Packaging and provisioning on plant reproduction D. L. Venable Part IV. Recruitment and Growth: 10. Comparative ecology of clonal plants J. M. van Groenendael, L. Klimes, J. Klimesova, and R. J. J. Hendriks 11. Life history variation in plants: an exploration of the fast-slow continuum hypothesis M. Franco and J. Silvertown 12. Life history evolution in heterogenous environments: a review of theory R. M. Sibly Part V. Interaction: 13. Plant-insect feeding associations D. Futuyma, and C. Mitter 14. Trends in the evolution of root-microbe symbioses A. H. Fitter, and B. Moyersoen 15. Competitive ability: definitions, contingency and correlated traits D. Goldberg Index.