Floral biology : studies on floral evolution in animal-pollinated plants /

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Imprint:New York : Chapman & Hall, c1996.
Description:xiv, 410 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2449394
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Other authors / contributors:Lloyd, David G.
Barrett, Spencer Charles Hilton.
ISBN:0412043416
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Discovery of the Secret of Nature in the Structure and Fertilization of Flowers / Christian Konrad Sprengel
  • 2. Christian Konrad Sprengel's Theory of the Flower: The Cradle of Floral Ecology / Stefan Vogel
  • 3. Floral Traits and Plant Adaptation to Insect Pollinators: A Devil's Advocate Approach / Carlos M. Herrera
  • 4. How Do Flowers Diverge? / Paul Wilson and James D. Thomson
  • 5. Floral Longevity: Fitness Consequences and Resource Costs / Tia-Lynn Ashman and Daniel J. Schoen
  • 6. Pollen Dispersal and Mating Patterns in Animal-Pollinated Plants / Laurence D. Harder and Spencer C. H. Barrett
  • 7. The Ecology of Geitonogamous Pollination / Allison A. Snow, Timothy P. Spira, Rachel Simpson and Robert A. Klips
  • 8. Flower Size Dimorphism in Plants with Unisexual Flowers / Lynda F. Delph
  • 9. Evolution of Floral Morphology and Function: An Integrative Approach to Adaptation, Constraint, and Compromise in Dalechampia (Euphorbiaceae) / W. Scott Armbruster
  • 10. The Evolution of Floral Form: Insights from an Alpine Wildflower, Potzmonium viscosum (Polemoniaceae) / Candace Galen
  • 11. Deceit Pollination in the Monoecious, Neotropical Herb Begonia oaxacana (Begoniaceae) / Douglas W. Schemske, Jon Agren and Josiane Le Corff
  • 12. Reproductive Success and Gender Variation in Deceit-Pollinated Orchids / Anna-Lena Fritz and L. Anders Nilsson
  • 13. Stylar Polymorphisms and the Evolution of Heterostyly in Narcissus (Amaryllidaceae) / Spencer C. H. Barrett, David G. Lloyd and Juan Arroyo
  • 14. Evolution of Campanula Flowers in Relation to Insect Pollinators on Islands / Ken Inoue, Masayuki Maki and Michiko Masuda.