Description: Oak Seed Dispersal : A Study in Plant-Animal Interactions, Hardcover by Steele, Michael A., ISBN 1421439018, ISBN-13 9781421439013, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
The definitive examination of oak forest evolutionary ecology.
Seed dispersal is a critical stage in the life cycle of most flowering plants. The process can have far-reaching effects on a species biology, especially numerous aspects of its ecology and evolution. This is particularly the case for the oaks, in which the dispersal of the acorn is tied to numerous tree characteristics, as well as the behavior and ecology of the animals that feed on and move these seeds to their final destination. Forest structure, composition, and genetics often follow directly from the dispersal process—while also influencing it in turn.
In Oak Seed Dispersal, Michael A. Steele draws on three decades of field research across the globe (., the United States, Mexico, Central America, Europe, and China) to describe the interactions between oaks and their seed consumers. Rodents, birds, and insects, he writes, collectively influence the survival, movement, and germination of acorns, as well as the establishment of seedlings, often indicating a coevolutionary bond between oaks and their seed consumers. This bond can only be understood by unraveling the complex interactions that occur in the context of factors such as partial seed consumption due to acorn chemistry, scatterhoarding, predation of the seed consumers by other organisms, and the limiting effects of masting on insect, rodent, and jay damage.
Offering new insights on how animal-mediated dispersal drives ecological and evolutionary processes in forest ecosystems, Oak Seed Dispersal also includes an overview of threatened oak forests across the globe and explains how a lack of acorn dispersal contributes to many important conservation challenges. Highly illustrated, th includes photographs of key dispersal organisms and tactics, as well as a foreword by Stephen B. Vander Wall, a leading authority on food hoarding and animal-mediated seed dispersal, and beautiful artwork by Tad C. Theimer, also an accomplished ecologist.
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Book Title: Oak Seed Dispersal : A Study in Plant-Animal Interactions
Number of Pages: 480 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Oak Seed Dispersal : a Study in Plant-Animal Interactions
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Subject: Life Sciences / Ecology, Life Sciences / Botany, Ecosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests, Plants / Trees
Publication Year: 2021
Item Height: 1.5 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 35.7 Oz
Author: Michael A. Steele
Item Length: 10.2 in
Subject Area: Nature, Science
Item Width: 7.4 in
Format: Hardcover
