Conifer reproductive biology
By: Claire G. Williams
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Dordrecht; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9781402096013; 9781402096020
Subjects: Embryonalentwicklung; Fortpflanzung; Gametophyt; Spore; Conifers; Dispersal; Seeds; Reproduction; Nadelgehölze
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Also available on the Internet.
Table of contents: title: section 1. Conifer reproductive biology overview; title: Introducing conifers; title: The diplohaplontic life cycle; title: section 2. Consequences of heterospory; title: Separate female and male meioses; title: The female gametophyte inside the ovule; title: The male gametophyte enclosed in a pollen wall; title: Pollination and fertilization; title: Syngamy, embryo development, and seed dispersal; title: section 3. Mating system dynamics : form versus chance; title: The dynamic wind-pollinated mating system; title: The embryo lethal system; title: Glossary.