Reproductive ecology of tropical forest plants / edited by K.S Bawa and M. Hadley.
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| Language: | English |
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Paris : Carnforth, Lancs, UK ; Park Ridge, N.J., USA :
Unesco ; Parthenon,
1990.
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| Series: | Man and the biosphere series ;
v. 7. |
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| Physical Description: | xxv, 421 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Section 1. Introduction. Reproductive ecology of tropical forest plants : management issues / Kamaljit S. Bawa, Peter S. Ashton, Salleh Mohd. Nor. Section 2. Phenology. Phenology - commentary / Kamaljit S. Bawa and F.S.P. Ng
- Phenological behaviour of some shorea species in peninsular Malaysia / S.K. Yap and H.T. Chan
- Plant phenology, pollination ecology, pollinator behaviour and conservation of pollinators in neotropical dry forest / Gordon W. Frankie, S.B. Vinson, Linda E. Newstrom, John F. Barthell, William A. Haber and Jutta K. Frankie
- Seasonal drought and the timing of flowering and leaf fall in a neotropical forest / S. Joseph Wright and Fernando H. Cornejo.
- Section 3. Plant-pollinator interactions, sexual systems and gene flow. Plant-pollinator interactions, sexual systems and pollen flow - commentary / Kamaljit S. Bawa
- Some aspects of pollination biology in Central American forests / George E. Schatz
- Plant-pollinator interactions in Malaysian rain forests / S. Appanah
- Phenology and floral morphology in relation to pollination of some Sri Lankan dipterocarps / S. Dayanandan, D.N.C. Attygalla, A.W.W.L. Abeygunasekera, I.A.U.N. Gunatilleke and C.V.S. Gunatilleke
- Beetle pollination in tropical forests of Australia / Anthony K. Irvine and Joseph E. Armstrong
- Pollination and reproductive biology of an understory neotropical aroid / Helen J. Young
- Pollen grain deposition patterns and stigma strategies in regulating seed number per pod in multi-ovulated species / R. Uma Shaanker and K.N. Ganeshaiah.
- Section 4. Seed and fruit dispersal. Seed and fruit dispersal - commentary / John Terborgh
- Seed dispersal by birds and mammals : implications for seedling demography / Henry F. Howe
- Interactions among fruit and vertebrate fruit-eaters in an African tropical rain forest / Annie Gautier-Hion. Section 5. Seed physiology, seed germination and seedling ecology. Seed physiology, seed germination and seedling ecology - commentary / Richard B. Primack
- Potential impact of fungal pathogens on tropical plant reproductive biology
- Carol K. Augspurger
- Seed dormancy in the tropical rain forest / C. Vazquez-Yanes and A. Orozco-Segovia
- Seedling types and plant establishment in an African rain forest / Annette Hladik and Sophie Miquel. Section 6. Regeneration. Regeneration - commentary / Richard B. Primack
- Role of disturbance in the regeneration of neotropical moist forests / David B. Clark
- Fate of juvenile trees in a neotropical forest : implications for the natural maintenance of tropical tree diversity / Stephen P. Hubbell and Robin B. Foster.
- Section 7. Reproductive biology and tree improvement programmes. Reproductive biology and tree improvement programmes - commentary / Peter S. Ashton and Kamaljit S. Bawa
- Reproductive biology and tropical plantation forestry / Arno Brune
- Effects of inbreeding on growth of forest trees and implications for management of seed supplies for plantation programmes / A. Rod Griffin
- Genetic structure of tropical tree species of Brazil / Paulo Y. Kageyama
- Use of small, clonal plants for experiments on factors affecting flowering in tropical trees / K.A. Longman, R.M. Manurung and R.R.B. Leakey. Section 8. Conclusions. reproductive ecology of tropical forest plants : concluding remarks / T.N. Koshoo.