Plant Reproductive Ecology : Patterns and Strategies

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Plant Reproductive Ecology : Patterns and Strategies is written by Jon and Lesley Lovett-Doust Professor of Biology the University of Windsor and published by Oxford University Press, USA. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0198021925 (ISBN 10) and 9780198021926 (ISBN 13).

This collection of reviews by leading investigators examines plant reproduction and sexuality within a framework of evolutionary ecology, providing an up-to-date account of the field. The contributors discuss conceptual issues, showing the importance of sex allocation, sexual selection and inclusive fitness, and the dimensions of paternity and maternity in plants. The evolution, maintenance, and loss of self-incompatibility in plants, the nature of 'sex choice' in plants, and sex dimorphism are all explored in detail. Specific forms of biotic interactions shaping the evolution of plant reproductive strategy are discussed, and a taxonomically based review of the reproductive ecology of non-angiosperm plant groups, such as bryophytes, ferns, and algae, is presented. Together these studies focus on the complexities of plant life cycles and the distinctive reproductive biologies of these organisms, while showing the similarities between nonflowering plants and the more thoroughly documented flowering species.