Plant life histories
Subtitle: ecology, phylogeny, and evolution
By: edited by Jonathan Silvertown, Miguel Franco, and John L. Harper.
Contributors: Silvertown, Jonathan W.; Franco, Miguel; Harper, John L.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
Subjects: Plants -- Phylogeny.; Plants -- Evolution.; Plant ecology.
Description: Plant Life Histories re-examines patterns of relationships between plant life history traits in phylogenetic perspective. The re-examination recognizes that because evolution is a branching process, traits are not randomly distributed across taxa and that therefore analysis of trait correlations cannot treat species as independent data points. Students and researchers of evolution, ecology and botany will find much of value here.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.