Plant life of Southwestern Australia : adaptations for survival /
Groom, Philip K.,
Plant life of Southwestern Australia : adaptations for survival / Philip K. Groom, Byron B. Lamont ; managing editor, Katarzyna Michalczyk ; cover illustration, Peter Mioduszewski. - 1 online resource (268 pages) : color illustrations, photographs
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1 Evolution and Diversity of the Flora -- 2 Fire Adaptations -- 3 Drought Responses -- 4 Carnivorous Plants -- 5 Parasitic Plants -- 6 Specialised Nutrient Uptake Mechanisms -- 7 Pollination Strategies -- 8 Pollination Syndromes -- 9 Leaf Properties -- 10 Seed Release and Dispersal Mechanisms -- 11 Seed Storage, Germination and Establishment -- Bibliography -- About the Authors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Index.
Annotation Southwestern Australia is unique as it contains the world's most nutrient-impoverished soils, experiences a prolonged-summer period and the vegetation is extremely fire-prone. It is also world-renowned for its relative high level of flora biodiversity. This book focuses on the diverse range of morphological and physiological adaptations evolved by the flora to survive in the harsh Mediterranean-type climate.
English.
9783110370164 3110370166 9783110370195 3110370190 9783110399332 3110399334
10.1515/9783110370195. doi
Plants--Australia--South Australia.
Botany--Australia.
Botany.
Plants.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology.
Australia.
South Australia.
Electronic books.
QK455 / .G766 2015eb
581.99417
Plant life of Southwestern Australia : adaptations for survival / Philip K. Groom, Byron B. Lamont ; managing editor, Katarzyna Michalczyk ; cover illustration, Peter Mioduszewski. - 1 online resource (268 pages) : color illustrations, photographs
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1 Evolution and Diversity of the Flora -- 2 Fire Adaptations -- 3 Drought Responses -- 4 Carnivorous Plants -- 5 Parasitic Plants -- 6 Specialised Nutrient Uptake Mechanisms -- 7 Pollination Strategies -- 8 Pollination Syndromes -- 9 Leaf Properties -- 10 Seed Release and Dispersal Mechanisms -- 11 Seed Storage, Germination and Establishment -- Bibliography -- About the Authors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Index.
Annotation Southwestern Australia is unique as it contains the world's most nutrient-impoverished soils, experiences a prolonged-summer period and the vegetation is extremely fire-prone. It is also world-renowned for its relative high level of flora biodiversity. This book focuses on the diverse range of morphological and physiological adaptations evolved by the flora to survive in the harsh Mediterranean-type climate.
English.
9783110370164 3110370166 9783110370195 3110370190 9783110399332 3110399334
10.1515/9783110370195. doi
Plants--Australia--South Australia.
Botany--Australia.
Botany.
Plants.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology.
Australia.
South Australia.
Electronic books.
QK455 / .G766 2015eb
581.99417