UID:
edoccha_9960072201002883
Format:
1 online resource (681 p.)
ISBN:
0-08-054086-4
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography, and Evolution of Dormancy and Germination; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dedication; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; I. Purpose; II. Seed Germination Ecology; III. A New Book on Seed Germination; References; Chapter 2. Ecologically Meaningful Germination Studies; I. Purpose; II. Guidelines for Laboratory Studies on Germination Ecology; III. Germinating Seeds You Know Nothing About; References; Chapter 3. Types of Seed Dormancy; I. Purpose; II. Definition of Dormancy; III. Types of Seeds; IV. Overview of Types of Seed Dormancy; References
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Chapter 4. Germination Ecology of Seeds with Nondeep Physiological DormancyI. Purpose; II. Discovery of Dormancy Cycles; III. Changes in the State of Dormancy; IV. The Dormancy Continuum; V. Environmental Factors Causing Changes in Dormancy States; References; Chapter 5. Germination Ecology of Seeds with Morphophysiological Dormancy; I. Purpose; II. Types of Morphophysiological Dormancy; References; Chapter 6. Germination Ecology of Seeds with Physical Dormancy; I. Purpose; II. Germination Phenology; III. Internal Moisture Conditions of Seeds
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IV. Artificial Softening of Water-Impermeable Seed (or Fruit) CoatsV. Germination Requirements of PermeableSeeds; VI. Environmental Control of Breaking Physical Dormancy; VII. Seeds with Physical plus Physiological Dormancy; References; Chapter 7. Germination Ecology of Seeds in the Persistent Seed Bank; I. Purpose; II. Aerial Seed Banks; III. Soil Seed Banks; IV. Longevity of Seeds in the Soil; V. What Can Happen to Seeds in the Soil?; VI. Effects of Seed Banks on Populations; VII. Persistence of Communities; References
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Chapter 8. Causes of Within-Species Variations in Seed Dormancy and Germination CharacteristicsI. Purpose; II. Inheritance of Seed Dormancy; III. Inheritance of Dormancy Breaking and Germination Characteristics; IV. Variation in Germination Responses of Seeds from Different Populations of the Same Species; V. Environmental Factors That Cause Preconditioning Effects; VI. Seed Changes as a Result of the Preconditioning Environment; VII. Seed Polymorphism; VIII. Cleistogamy and Seed Germination Ecology; References
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Chapter 9. A Geographical Perspective on Germination Ecology: Tropical and Subtropical ZonesI. Purpose; II. Evergreen Rain Forests; III. Tropical Mountains; IV. Semievergreen Tropical Forests; V. Tropical Deciduous Forests; VI. Tropical Dry Woodlands, Natural Savannas, and Grasslands; VII. Hot Semideserts and Deserts; References; Chapter 10. A Geographical Perspective on Germination Ecology: Temperate and Arctic Zones; I. Purpose; II. Sclerophyllous Woodlands with Winter Rain; III. Moist Warm Temperature Woodlands; IV. Deciduous (Nemoral) Forests
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V. Steppes or Grasslands of the Temperate Zones
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-080260-0
Language:
English
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