The Origin, Expansion, and Demise of Plant Species

AvDonald A. Levin

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

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Beskrivning

Each plant species has its own unique passage that is affected by its gene pool, dispersal ability, interactions with competitors and pests, and the habitats and climactic conditions to which it is exposed. This book will explore plant species as dynamic entities within this passage, following the four stages of plant species life that normally occur. Those four stages can be identified as birth, expansion, differentiation and loss of cohesion, and decline/extinction. Each chapter focuses on part of the speciation process and examines it closely in the light of exploring the species passage from birth to death.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2000-05-11
Mått:156 x 234 x 14 mm
Vikt:513 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780195127287

Utforska kategorier

Växtböcker inom Djur och Natur
Botanik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Agronomi och lantbruk inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Recensioner i media

"[A] source of lively discussion and debate among groups interested in plant evolution ... will serve as a stimulus to research over the years ahead. ... I strongly recommend [it] to all evolutionary biologists as valuable reading."--Heredity". . .Levin has written a very good book. . .Whether his more radical propositions prove right or wrong, he has done a great service by crafting with perspicuity and elegant account of a central topic in evolutionary biology."--The Quarterly Review of Biology". . .I can recommend Levin's book primarily as a useful bibliographic overview of the literature on plant speciation of the last 30 years, although with a heavy bias towards population biology."--Plant Systematics and Evolution". . .The Origin, Expansion and Demise of Plant Species represents the first book to be written on the topic for 30 y ears and is likely to be snapped up by plant evolutionists starved for a modern treatment. . .[This book] will be useful for those looking for an up-to-date review of recent work in plant ecological genetics. The book can be used as a springboard into the literature and does contain several proposals that are likely to stimulate discussion,especially in graduate seminars. The species-history approach adopted by Levin is valuable because it points to areas where we lack information, such as the timing of species origins, the nature of thespecies spread, range limits, and the causes of extinction."--Evolution"[A] source of lively discussion and debate among groups interested in plant evolution ... will serve as a stimulus to research over the years ahead. ... I strongly recommend [it] to all evolutionary biologists as valuable reading."--Heredity

Innehållsförteckning

1. The Premise and Species Concepts ; 2. Speciation: The Ecological Transition ; 3. Speciation: The Genetic Transition ; 4. The Geographical Scale of Speciation ; 5. The Geographical Expansion of Neospecies ; 6. Differentiation and the Breakdown of Species Unity ; 7. The Decline and Demise of Species ; 8. The Persistence and Sorting of Incipient Species ; 9. Species Duration and the Tempo of Diversification