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Plant Life of Southwestern Australia. Adaptations for Survival | ||
Groom Philip ; Lamont Byron | ||
keywords: Carnivorous plants; Drought responses; Evolution; fire-proneness; parasitic plants; pollination; seed storage and dispersa; | ||
Publisher: De Gruyter | ||
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【 摘 要 】
The southwestern Australian flora is unique in the world, not only for its biodiversity and endemism, but also for its functional biodiversity. It also contains the world��s most nutrient-impoverished soils, has a prolonged-summer period and the vegetation is extremely fire-prone. These conditions have engendered an array of survival adaptations that have evolved in these harsh conditions across a diverse range of species. It is well recognised that the southwest flora has the toughest and most spiny vegetation of the world, the greatest number of species that store their seeds in woody fruits, and the most specialised means of obtaining limited soil nutrients and water. This book focuses on the survival mechanisms, adaptations and ecology of the unique Southwest Australian flora (restricted here to flowering plants). The book begins with an examination of how the flora has evolved into the present forms. It describes further in detail the adaptive responses of the flora to the main environmental pressures influencing survival - fire, summer drought, nutrient-impoverished soils, pollination and seed dispersal agents. Specialised responses to obtain essential nutrients are presented in three chapters �C carnivorous plants, parasitic plants and specialised roots. An entire chapter is devoted to leaves, with an insight into how leaves may assist in protecting flowers and fruits from herbivores and seed-eaters. The book provides an ecological perspective on how the flora has evolved complex strategies to ensure species survival in the relatively harsh seasonal climate of a Mediterranean-type ecosystem.【 授权许可】
CC BY-NC-ND
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 license, which means that the text may be used for non-commercial purposes, provided credit is given to the authors. For details go to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/.
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10[9783110370195 - Plant Life of Southwestern Australia] 6 Specialised Nutrient Uptake Mechanisms.pdf | 2909KB | download | |
11[9783110370195 - Plant Life of Southwestern Australia] 7 Pollination Strategies.pdf | 2930KB | download | |
12[9783110370195 - Plant Life of Southwestern Australia] 8 Pollination Syndromes.pdf | 4657KB | download | |
13[9783110370195 - Plant Life of Southwestern Australia] 9 Leaf Properties.pdf | 4897KB | download | |
14[9783110370195 - Plant Life of Southwestern Australia] 10 Seed Release and Dispersal Mechanisms.pdf | 2734KB | download | |
15[9783110370195 - Plant Life of Southwestern Australia] 11 Seed Storage, Germination and Establishment.pdf | 2484KB | download | |
16[9783110370195 - Plant Life of Southwestern Australia] Bibliography.pdf | 176KB | download | |
17[9783110370195 - Plant Life of Southwestern Australia] About the Authors.pdf | 216KB | download | |
18[9783110370195 - Plant Life of Southwestern Australia] List of Figures.pdf | 354KB | download | |
19[9783110370195 - Plant Life of Southwestern Australia] List of Tables.pdf | 83KB | download | |
1[9783110370195 - Plant Life of Southwestern Australia] Frontmatter.pdf | 86KB | download | |
20[9783110370195 - Plant Life of Southwestern Australia] Index.pdf | 287KB | download | |
2[9783110370195 - Plant Life of Southwestern Australia] Acknowledgments.pdf | 54KB | download | |
3[9783110370195 - Plant Life of Southwestern Australia] Contents.pdf | 103KB | download | |
4[9783110370195 - Plant Life of Southwestern Australia] Prologue.pdf | 110KB | download | |
5[9783110370195 - Plant Life of Southwestern Australia] 1 Evolution and Diversity of the Flora.pdf | 3764KB | download | |
6[9783110370195 - Plant Life of Southwestern Australia] 2 Fire Adaptations.pdf | 4366KB | download | |
7[9783110370195 - Plant Life of Southwestern Australia] 3 Drought Responses.pdf | 2306KB | download | |
8[9783110370195 - Plant Life of Southwestern Australia] 4 Carnivorous Plants.pdf | 1177KB | download | |
9[9783110370195 - Plant Life of Southwestern Australia] 5 Parasitic Plants.pdf | 2442KB | download | |
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