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035 _a(DE-B1597)428202
035 _a(OCoLC)1076408733
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082 0 4 _a581.99417
100 1 _aGroom, Philip,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aPlant Life of Southwestern Australia :
_bAdaptations for Survival /
_cPhilip Groom, Byron Lamont.
264 1 _aWarsaw ;
_aBerlin :
_bDe Gruyter Open Poland,
_c[2015]
264 4 _c©2015
300 _a1 online resource
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tContents --
_tPrologue --
_t1 Evolution and Diversity of the Flora --
_t2 Fire Adaptations --
_t3 Drought Responses --
_t4 Carnivorous Plants --
_t5 Parasitic Plants --
_t6 Specialised Nutrient Uptake Mechanisms --
_t7 Pollination Strategies --
_t8 Pollination Syndromes --
_t9 Leaf Properties --
_t10 Seed Release and Dispersal Mechanisms --
_t11 Seed Storage, Germination and Establishment --
_tBibliography --
_tAbout the Authors --
_tList of Figures --
_tList of Tables --
_tIndex
506 0 _aOpen Access
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520 _aThe southwestern Australian flora is unique in the world, not only for its biodiversity and endemism, but also for its functional biodiversity. It also contains the world's most nutrient-impoverished soils, has a prolonged-summer period and the vegetation is extremely fire-prone. These conditions have engendered an array of survival adaptations that have evolved in these harsh conditions across a diverse range of species. It is well recognised that the southwest flora has the toughest and most spiny vegetation of the world, the greatest number of species that store their seeds in woody fruits, and the most specialised means of obtaining limited soil nutrients and water.This book focuses on the survival mechanisms, adaptations and ecology of the unique Southwest Australian flora (restricted here to flowering plants). The book begins with an examination of how the flora has evolved into the present forms. It describes further in detail the adaptive responses of the flora to the main environmental pressures influencing survival - fire, summer drought, nutrient-impoverished soils, pollination and seed dispersal agents. Specialised responses to obtain essential nutrients are presented in three chapters - carnivorous plants, parasitic plants and specialised roots. An entire chapter is devoted to leaves, with an insight into how leaves may assist in protecting flowers and fruits from herbivores and seed-eaters. The book provides an ecological perspective on how the flora has evolved complex strategies to ensure species survival in the relatively harsh seasonal climate of a Mediterranean-type ecosystem.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
540 _aThis eBook is made available Open Access. Unless otherwise specified individually in the content, the work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license:
_uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0
_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 15. Jun 2019)
650 0 _aBotany
_zAustralia.
650 0 _aPlants
_zAustralia
_zSouth Australia.
650 4 _aCarnivorous plants, Drought responses, Evolution, fire-proneness, parasitic plants, pollination, seed storage and dispersal.
650 7 _aSCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology.
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700 1 _aLamont, Byron,
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856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9783110370195
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