Topics in Plant Population Biology

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
George Ledyard Stebbins....Pages 1-17
Fifty Years of Plant Evolution....Pages 18-41
Front Matter....Pages 43-47
Adaptation from the Perspective of Optimality....Pages 48-61
Enzyme Polymorphism: Genetic Variation in the Physiological Phenotype....Pages 62-83
Genetic Variation and Longevity....Pages 84-113
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Recombination in Plants....Pages 114-130
Pollinator Foraging Behavior: Genetic Implications for Plants....Pages 131-153
Front Matter....Pages 155-159
Adaptive Strategies: Polymorphism, Plasticity, and Homeostasis....Pages 160-187
Seed Germination Syndromes in Higher Plants....Pages 188-206
Patterns of Juvenile Mortality and Recruitment in Plants....Pages 207-231
The Basic Biology of Plant Numbers....Pages 232-263
The Origin of Phenotype in a Recently Evolved Species....Pages 264-286
Competition and Coexistence of Similar Species....Pages 287-310
Front Matter....Pages 311-315
Environmental and Evolutionary Constraints on the Photosynthetic Characteristics of Higher Plants....Pages 316-337
Drought-Stress Effects on Leaf Carbon Balance....Pages 338-355
The Climatology of the C4 Photosynthetic Pathway....Pages 356-374
On the Adaptive Significance of Leaf Form....Pages 375-407
Root Structure: The Considerable Cost of Belowground Function....Pages 408-427
Canopy Structure and Environmental Interactions....Pages 428-458
Front Matter....Pages 459-459
Future Directions in Plant Population Biology....Pages 461-481
Back Matter....Pages 483-589