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Introduction To Plant Population Biology: Jonathan Silvertown

This document provides an introduction to the field of plant population biology. It begins with an overview of plants and population biology, and some key characteristics of plant populations. It then covers topics such as genetic and phenotypic variation within populations, inheritance patterns, plant breeding systems, gene flow, natural selection, intraspecific interactions between plants, population dynamics, metapopulations, competition and coexistence between species, and the evolution of plant life histories. The document consists of 10 chapters that progressively build knowledge across these core subject areas in plant population biology.

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Introduction To Plant Population Biology: Jonathan Silvertown

This document provides an introduction to the field of plant population biology. It begins with an overview of plants and population biology, and some key characteristics of plant populations. It then covers topics such as genetic and phenotypic variation within populations, inheritance patterns, plant breeding systems, gene flow, natural selection, intraspecific interactions between plants, population dynamics, metapopulations, competition and coexistence between species, and the evolution of plant life histories. The document consists of 10 chapters that progressively build knowledge across these core subject areas in plant population biology.

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Introduction to Plant Population Biology

Jonathan Silvertown
Department of Biological Sciences The Open University Milton Keynes

Deborah Charlesworth
Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology University of Edinburgh Edinburgh

FOURTH EDITION

Blackwell Publishing

Contents

Acknowledgements, viii 1 Introduction, 1 1.1 Plants, 1 1.2 Population biology, 1 1.3 Some consequences of being a plant, 10 1.4 Summary, 17 1.5 Further reading, 17 1.6 Questions, 18 2 Variation and its inheritance in plant populations, 19 2.1 Introduction, 19 2.2 Types of trait, 20 2.3 Genotype and phenotype, 22 2.4 Quantitative inheritance, 23 2.5 Discrete genetic variation, 29 2.6 Mutation, 35 2.7 Plant breeding systems and genetic variability: introduction, 37 2.8 Consequences of inbreeding, outbreeding and asexual reproduction, 46 2.9 Summary, 50 2.10 Further reading, 52 2.11 Questions, 52 3 Evolutionary and ecological genetics, 53 3.1 Introduction, 53 3.2 Gene and genotype frequencies without selection, 54 3.3 Gene flow, 63 3.4 Patterns of genetic diversity in plant populations, 74 3.5 Natural selection, 76 3.6 Summary, 90 3.7 Further reading, 91 3.8 Questions, 92

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4 Intraspecific interactions, 93 4.1 Introduction, 93 4.2 Yield and density, 93 4.3 Self-thinning, 96 4.4 Size variation, 101 4.5 The influence of neighbours, 105 4.6 Size, density and fitness, 111 4.7 Population regulation: density dependence, 113 4.8 Summary, 119 4.9 Further reading, 121 4.10 Questions, 121 5 Population dynamics, 122 5.1 Introduction, 122 5.2 Demographic parameters, 123 5.3 Annuals with no seed bank, 125 5.4 Density-dependent dynamics, 127 5.5 Seeds in the soil, 135 5.6 Summary, 151 5.7 Further reading, 152 5.8 Questions, 152 6 Dynamics of age-structured and stage-structured populations, 153 6.1 Introduction, 153 6.2 Stochasticity, disturbance and recruitment, 153 6.3 Population models with age and stage structure, 158 6.4 Annuals with a seed bank, 163 6.5 Perennials, 165 6.6 Summary, 174 6.7 Further reading, 176 6.8 Questions, 176 7 Regional dynamics and metapopulations, 177 7.1 Introduction, 177 7.2 The classical metapopulation model, 179 7.3 Regional dynamics of plants, 181 7.4 Extinction, 185 7.5 Genetic and evolutionary consequences of regional dynamics, 188 7.6 Geographical range limits, 190 7.7 Invasions, 191 7.8 Phylogeography, 193 7.9 Summary, 195 7.10 Further reading, 196 7.11 Questions, 196
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Competition and coexistence, 198 8.1 Introduction, 198 8.2 The variety of interactions between plants, 198 8.3 Competition, 201 8.4 Coexistence, 223 8.5 Summary, 239 8.6 Further reading, 241 8.7 Questions, 241

9 The evolution of plant life history: breeding systems, 242 9.1 Introduction, 242 9.2 Evolution of sex, 246 9.3 Selection pressures on the selfing rate, 247 9.4 Self-incompatibility, 252 9.5 Evolution of separate sexes, 254 9.6 Summary, 268 9.7 Further reading, 269 9.8 Questions, 270 10 The evolution of plant life history: reproduction, growth, senescence and death, 271 10.1 Introduction, 271 10.2 Reproductive maturity, 272 10.3 Mast variation in seed crop size, 276 10.4 Seeds, 279 10.5 Clonal growth, 290 10.6 Senescence and death, 294 10.7 Life history strategies, 299 10.8 Summary, 300 10.9 Further reading, 301 10.10 Questions, 302 Appendix: Symbols and terms used in this book, 303 References, 306 Index, 337

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