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Survival Strategies of Annual Desert Plants

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  • © 2002

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Authors:
  1. Yitzchak Gutterman

    1. Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research and Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

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  • How annual desert plants cope with the harsh climatic conditions in deserts
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Adaptations of Desert Organisms (DESERT ORGAN.)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XX
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  2. The Desert Biome, Survival Adaptations and Strategies of Annual Plant Species

    • Yitzchak Gutterman
    Pages 1-36

  3. Flowering Strategies

    • Yitzchak Gutterman
    Pages 37-63

  4. Strategies of Phenotypic Plasticity of Germination During Seed Development and Maturation

    • Yitzchak Gutterman
    Pages 65-125

  5. Strategies of Phenotypic Plasticity of Germination: Dormancy After Seed Maturation

    • Yitzchak Gutterman
    Pages 127-168

  6. Seed Dispersal Adaptations and Strategies

    • Yitzchak Gutterman
    Pages 169-209

  7. Germination Adaptations, Strategies and Influences on Germination During Seed Wetting

    • Yitzchak Gutterman
    Pages 211-280

  8. Embryo and Seedling Survival and Plant Development

    • Yitzchak Gutterman
    Pages 281-301

  9. Summary of the Complementary Sets of Survival Strategies of Some Common Species of the Negev Desert That Have Been Studied in Detail

    • Yitzchak Gutterman
    Pages 303-314

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 315-348
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Annual desert plant species of unrelated taxa in the Negev Desert of Israel have developed complementary sets of adaptations and survival strategies as ecological equivalents with physiological, morphological and anatomical resemblances, in the various stages of their life cycles. After 40 years of research in hot deserts Yitzchak Gutterman provides a comprehensive treatise of such adaptations and strategies. In doing so he covers the following topics: post-maturation primary seed dormancy, which prevents germination of maturing seeds before the summer; seed dispersal mechanisms with escape or protection strategies; cautious or opportunistic germination strategies; seedling drought tolerance. The day-length is an important factor in regulating flowering as well as the phenotypic plasticity of seed germination which is also affected by maternal factors.

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"... this book is recommended to experts as well as to others with interest in plant sciences (physiology, ecology, conservation biology or botany). A most valuable trait of the book is the comprehensive summary of our actual knowledge on the adaptations and survival strategies of annual desert plants, what was not yet available. Aided by analysis of numerous experiments and case studies observed in the Negev Desert ..., the author demonstrates that these plants are not just interesting exceptions, but one of the greatest survivors of their habitat." (Community Ecology)
"This book encapsulates a lifetime´s wisdom on plant survival in the harshest of environments - the desert ... The content of the book ranges widely, with examples from many of the world´s great deserts, drawing together information from both old and new literature and describing many of the observations and experiments from the author´s own laboratory. ... The wealth of information within this volume, with the twenty-two pages of literature citations, makes this dedicated work the encyclopedia from which to start." (Israel Journal of Plant Sciences)


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  • Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research and Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    Yitzchak Gutterman

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