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Floral Biology

Studies on Floral Evolution in Animal-Pollinated Plants

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. David G. Lloyd

    1. Department of Plant & Microbial Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 1, New Zealand

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  2. Spencer C. H. Barrett

    1. Department of Botany, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  3. Conceptual Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. Floral Traits and Plant Adaptation to Insect Pollinators: A Devil’s Advocate Approach

      • Carlos M. Herrera
      Pages 65-87

    3. How Do Flowers Diverge?

      • Paul Wilson, James D. Thomson
      Pages 88-111

    4. Floral Longevity: Fitness Consequences and Resource Costs

      • Tia-Lynn Ashman, Daniel J. Schoen
      Pages 112-139

    5. Pollen Dispersal and Mating Patterns in Animal-Pollinated Plants

      • Lawrence D. Harder, Spencer C. H. Barrett
      Pages 140-190

    6. The Ecology of Geitonogamous Pollination

      • Allison A. Snow, Timothy P. Spira, Rachel Simpson, Robert A. Klips
      Pages 191-216

    7. Flower Size Dimorphism in Plants with Unisexual Flowers

      • Lynda F. Delph
      Pages 217-237

  4. Model Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239
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    2. Evolution of Floral Morphology and Function: An Integrative Approach to Adaptation, Constraint, and Compromise in Dalechampia (Euphorbiaceae)

      • W. Scott Armbruster
      Pages 241-272

    3. The Evolution of Floral Form: Insights from an Alpine Wildflower, Polemonium viscosum (Polemoniaceae)

      • Candace Galen
      Pages 273-291

    4. Deceit Pollination in the Monoecious, Neotropical Herb Begonia oaxacana (Begoniaceae)

      • Douglas W. Schemske, Jon Ågren, Josiane Le Corff
      Pages 292-318

    5. Reproductive Success and Gender Variation in Deceit-Pollinated Orchids

      • Anna-Lena Fritz, L. Anders Nilsson
      Pages 319-338

    6. Stylar Polymorphisms and the Evolution of Heterostyly in Narcissus (Amaryllidaceae)

      • Spencer C. H. Barrett, David G. Lloyd, Juan Arroyo
      Pages 339-376

    7. Evolution of Campanula Flowers in Relation to Insect Pollinators on Islands

      • Ken Inoue, Masayuki Maki, Michiko Masuda
      Pages 377-400

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 401-410
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About this book

Studies in floral biology are largely concerned with how flowers function to promote pollination and mating. The role of pollination in governing mating patterns in plant populations inextricably links the evolution of pollination and mating systems. Despite the close functional link between pollination and mating, research conducted for most of this century on these two fundamental aspects of plant reproduction has taken quite separate courses. This has resulted in suprisingly little cross-fertilization between the fields of pollination biology on the one hand and plant mating-system studies on the other. The separation of the two areas has largely resulted from the different backgrounds and approaches adopted by workers in these fields. Most pollination studies have been ecological in nature with a strong emphasis on field research and until recently few workers considered how the mechanics of pollen dispersal might influence mating patterns and individual plant fitness. In contrast, work on plant mating patterns has often been conducted in an ecological vacuum largely devoid of information on the environmental and demographic context in which mating occurs. Mating-system research has been dominated by population genetic and theoretical perspectives with surprisingly little consideration given to the proximate ecological factors responsible for causing a particular pattern of mating to occur.

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The acquisition of data on pollination biology dates back to the work of Sprengel. This book was conceived in his honour: some of his work is reprinted as the first chapter, and reviewed in historical context in the second. - Trends in Plant Sciences; The acquisition of data on pollination biology dates back to the work of Sprengel. This book was conceived in his honour: some of his work is reprinted as the first chapter, and reviewed in historical context in the second. - Trends in Plant Sciences

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Plant & Microbial Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 1, New Zealand

    David G. Lloyd

  • Department of Botany, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Spencer C. H. Barrett

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Floral Biology

  • Book Subtitle: Studies on Floral Evolution in Animal-Pollinated Plants

  • Editors: David G. Lloyd, Spencer C. H. Barrett

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1165-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Chapman & Hall 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-412-04341-3Published: 31 December 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-8494-9Published: 15 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-1165-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 410

  • Topics: Plant Physiology, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography

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