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Author:   K. Stern ,  L. Roche
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Volume:   6
Weight:   0.770kg
ISBN:  

9783540060956

ISBN 10:   3540060952
Pages:   342
Publication Date:   21 June 1974
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

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Introductory Remarks.- I. The Ecological Niche.- 1. Formal Concept of the Niche.- Niches of Competing Species.- 2. Main Characteristics of Ecological Niches of Forest Tree Specie.- II. Adaptations.- 1. Vegetative Cycle.- a) Adaptation to Climate.- b) Adaptations to Soil.- c) Adaptation to Competition.- d) Resistance to Diseases and Damaging Animals.- e) Special Adaptations.- 2. Reproductive Cycle.- a) Adaptations to Climate.- b) The Mating System.- c) Pollination.- d) Seed Dispersal (Presence).- III. Genetic Systems.- 1. Concept of Genetic Systems.- 2. Main Characteristics of Genetic Systems of Forest Tree Species.- IV. Adaptive Strategies.- 1. Formal Concept of Adaptive Strategy.- 2. Fitness Set and Optimum Population.- 3. Optimum Populations in Heterogeneous Environments.- a) Continuous Clines.- b) Discontinuous Races.- c) Polymorphisms.- d) Consequences of Gene Flow.- e) Genetic Drift - Accidents of Sampling.- f) Marginal Populations.- g) Linkage.- h) Introgression.- V. Forest Ecosystems.- 1. A General Model of Evolution Including Evolution of Ecosystems.- 2. Two Main Axioms of Coevolution in Ecosystems.- a) Competing Species.- b) Coevolution of Host - Parasite Systems.- 3. Three Principal Types of Forest Ecosystems.- a) Forest Ecosystems in the Humid Tropics and Subtropics.- b) Forest Ecosystems in the Subarctic.- c) Forest Ecosystems of the Temperate Zones.- VI. How Man Affects Forest Ecosystems.- 1. Hunting, Grazing, Agriculture.- 2. Modern Forestry.- a) Exploitation and Natural Regeneration.- b) Man-made Forests.- c) Genetics in Forestry Practice.- References.- Family and Species Index.

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