Plant life of Southwestern Australia : adaptations for survival / Philip K. Groom, Byron B. Lamont ; managing editor, Katarzyna Michalczyk ; cover illustration, Peter Mioduszewski.
Material type: TextPublisher: Berlin, Germany : De Gruyter Open, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (268 pages) : color illustrations, photographsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9783110370164
- 3110370166
- 9783110370195
- 3110370190
- 9783110399332
- 3110399334
- 581.99417 23
- QK455 .G766 2015eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 13, 2015).
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.
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.
English.
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