Seeds : the ecology of regeneration in plant communities /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Gallagher, Robert S. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2014.
Edition:	3rd edition.
Subjects:	Regeneration (Botany) Seeds > Ecology. Meteorology and Climate. Non-food/Non-feed Plant Products. Plant Ecology. Plant Morphology and Structure. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. Climate change. Foraging. Global warming. Light relations. Light. Natural regeneration. Persistence. Plant anatomy. Plant communities. Seed banks. Seed development. Seed dispersal. Seed dormancy. Seed germination. Seed morphology. Seed predation. Seeds. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Overview of seed development, anatomy and morphology / Elwira Sliwinska and J. Derek Bewley
Fruits and frugivory / Pedro Jordano
The ecology of seed dispersal / Anna Traveset, Ruben Heleno and Manuel Nogales
Seed predators and plant population dynamics / Michael J. Crawley
Light-mediated germination / Thijs L. Pons
The chemical environment in the soil seed bank / Henk W.M. Hilhorst
Seed dormancy / Alistair J. Murdoch
The chemical ecology of seed persistence in soil seed banks / Robert S. Gallagher, Mark B. Burnham and E. Patrick Fuerst
Effects of climate change on regeneration by seeds / Rui Zhang and Kristen L. Granger
The functional role of the soil seed bank in agricultural ecosystems / Nathalie Colbach
The functional role of the soil seed banks in natural communities / Arne Saatkamp, Peter Poschlod and D. Lawrence Venable.