El. knyga: Seeds: The Ecology of Regeneration in Plant Communities 3rd [CABI E-books]

Gallagher presents this reference on seed ecology beginning with an overview of seed development, anatomy, and morphology. Several contributions discuss seed dispersal and population dynamics, including fruits and frugivory, other dispersal mechanisms in the ecosystem context, and seed predators. Regulatory aspects are covered next, with contributions on light-mediated germination, the chemical environment of the soil, seed dormancy, and internal chemical composition of seeds. The effect of climate change on seed dormancy, viability, germination, and seedling traits is discussed, and the last two chapters focus on the behavior of soil seed banks in both agricultural and natural contexts. This third edition recapitulates much of the material from earlier editions, but the introduction to seed development and morphology and a repeated focus on climate change and conceptualization of ecology in terms of seed banks is new. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

This updated and expanded new edition includes new chapters on seed development and morphology, seed chemical ecology, implications of climate change on regeneration by seed, and the functional role of seed bank in agricultural and natural systems.