Multiplicity in Unity: Plant Subindividual Variation and Interactions with Animals (Interspecific Interactions) - Tapa blanda

Herrera, Carlos M.

 
9780226327945: Multiplicity in Unity: Plant Subindividual Variation and Interactions with Animals (Interspecific Interactions)
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ISBN 10: 0226327949 ISBN 13: 9780226327945
Editorial: University of Chicago Press, 2009

Sinopsis

Plants produce a considerable number of structures of one kind, like leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds, and this reiteration is a quintessential feature of the body plan of higher plants. But since not all structures of the same kind produced by a plant are identical - for instance, different branches on a plant may be male or female, leaf sizes in the sun differ from those in the shade, and fruit sizes can vary depending on patterns of physiological allocation among branches - a single plant genotype generally produces a multiplicity of phenotypic versions of the same organ. "Multiplicity in Unity" uses this subindividual variation to deepen our understanding of the ecological and evolutionary factors involved in plant-animal interactions. On one hand, phenotypic variation at the subindividual scale has diverse ecological implications for animals that eat plants. On the other hand, by choosing which plants to consume, these animals may constrain or modify plant ontogenetic patterns, developmental stability, and the extent to which feasible phenotypic variants are expressed by individuals. An innovative study of the ecology, morphology, and evolution of modular organisms, "Multiplicity in Unity" addresses a topic central to our understanding of the diversity of life and the ways in which organisms have coevolved to cope with variable environments.

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Carlos M. Herrera is professor of research and an evolutionary ecologist at Estacion Biologica de Donana in Seville, Spain.

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Editorial
University of Chicago Press
Año de publicación
2009
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0226327949
ISBN 13 
9780226327945
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Número de páginas
448
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9780226327938: Multiplicity in Unity: Plant Subindividual Variation and Interactions with Animals (Interspecific Interactions)

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Editorial: University of Chicago Press, 2009
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