Pollen and Pollination (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000)

Pollen studies make important contributions nature, into three main themes: pollen struc to our knowledge in many interdisciplinary ture and constituents, pollen evolutionary arenas. Pollen identification is widely used in ecology and the pollen-pollinator interface. reconstruction of, e.g., vegetation, the climate Several papers overlap somewhat or are of the past, and plant biodiversity. Studies perhaps even somewhat contradictory and concerning pollen structure, size and form are reflect the author's own ideas and experience. key issues in basic sciences, as, e.g., plant Some could be understood more deeply by taxonomy and evolution, but are also of consulting other closely related articles. The importance in applied fields as, e.g., plant reader is strongly referred to the respective breeding. In pollination studies pollen is literature list of each article. generally used specifically to identify food ofanther ripening and pollen The last steps development (Pacini) and the mature pollen sources of visitors and to reconstruct their foraging routes. Fewer have been devoted to wall structure (Hesse) are key factors to pollen collection mechanisms and to the struc understand pollen dispersal mechanisms in ture and content of pollen in relation to its biotic pollination (Stroo) as well as abiotic pollination (Ackerman). Pollen size, shape, function.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Austria
Release date:	October 2012
First published:	2000
Editors:	Amots Dafni • Michael Hesse • Ettore Pacini
Dimensions:	280 x 216 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	341
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
ISBN-13:	978-3-7091-7248-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > General
LSN:	3-7091-7248-9
Barcode:	9783709172483

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