Topics in Plant Population Biology / / ed. by Otto T. Solbrig, Peter H. Raven, George B. Johnson, Subodh Jain.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Angevine, Mark W.,; Bunce, James A.,; Caldwell, Martyn M.,; Chabot, Brian F.,; Cook, Robert Edward,; Givnish, Thomas,; Gottlieb, L. D.,; Gulmon, S. L.,; Hamrick, J. L.,; Hickman, James C.,; Horn, Henry S.,; Jain, Subodh,; Johnson, George B.,; Levin, Donald A.,; Miller, P. C.,; Mooney, H. A.,; Raven, Peter H.,; Solbrig, Otto T.,; Stebbins, G. Ledyard,; Stoner, W. A.,; Teeri, J. A.,; Werner, Patricia A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Jain, Subodh,; Johnson, George B.,; Raven, Peter H.,; Solbrig, Otto T.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1979]; ©1979
• Year of Publication: 1979
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (590 p.)

Studies population biology to understand in detail how natural selection operates and to understand the mechanisms of adaptation. Also looks at changes in gene frequency, number of individuals, and phenotypic characteristics of members of populations over time.

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• Introduction
• George Ledyard Stebbins
• Publications by Gls
• 1. Fifty Years of Plant Evolution
• Part 1. Adaptation and Genetic Variation in Populations
• Introduction
• 2. Adaptation from the Perspective of Optimality
• 3. Enzyme Polymorphism: Genetic Variation in the Physiological Phenotype
• 4. Genetic Variation and Longevity
• 5. A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Recombination in Plants
• 6. Pollinator Foraging Behavior: Genetic Implications for Plants
• Part 2. Life-Cycle Parameters
• Introduction
• 7. Adaptive Strategies: Polymorphism, Plasticity, and Homeostasis
• 8. Seed Germination Syndromes in Higher Plants
• 9. Patterns of Juvenile Mortality and Recruitment in Plants
• 10. The Basic Biology of Plant Numbers
• 11. The Origin of Phenotype in a Recently Evolved Species
• 12. Competition and Coexistence of Similar Species
• Part 3. Energy Harvest and Nutrient Capture
• Introduction
• 13. Environmental and Evolutionary Constraints on the Photosynthetic Characteristics of Higher Plants
• 14. Drought-Stress Effects on Leaf Carbon Balance
• 15. The Climatology of the G, Photosynthetic Pathway
• 16. On the Adaptive Significance of Leaf Form
• 17. Root Structure: The Considerable Cost of Belowground Function
• 18. Canopy Structure and Environmental Interactions
• Part 4. Summary and Conclusions
• 19. Future Directions in Plant Population Biology
• Literature Cited
• Participants in the Ithaca Conference
• Taxon Index
• Subject Index