| Survival Strategies of Annual Desert Plants Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Gutterman, Yitzchak (Author) |
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ISBN: 3642627781 ISBN-13: 9783642627781 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology - Science | Life Sciences - Botany - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - General |
| Dewey: 333.7 |
| Series: Adaptations of Desert Organisms |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.15 lbs) 348 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Annual desert plant species of unrelated taxa in the Negev Desert of Israel have developed complementary sets of adaptations and survival strategies as ecological equivalents with physiological, morphological and anatomical resemblances, in the various stages of their life cycles. After 40 years of research in hot deserts Yitzchak Gutterman provides a comprehensive treatise of such adaptations and strategies. In doing so he covers the following topics: post-maturation primary seed dormancy, which prevents germination of maturing seeds before the summer; seed dispersal mechanisms with escape or protection strategies; cautious or opportunistic germination strategies; seedling drought tolerance. The day-length is an important factor in regulating flowering as well as the phenotypic plasticity of seed germination which is also affected by maternal factors. |
