Plant Variation and Evolution

Synopsis

Preface To The Fourth Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Note On Names Of Plants -- List Of Abbreviations -- 1. Investigating Plant Variation And Evolution -- 2. From Ray To Darwin -- 3. Early Work On Biometry -- 4. Early Work On The Basis Of Individual Variation -- 5. Post-darwinian Ideas About Evolution -- 6. Dna: Towards An Understanding Of Heredity And Molecular Evolution -- 7. Breeding Systems -- 8.intraspecific Variation And The Ecotype Concept -- 9. Pattern And Process In Plant Populations -- 10. Pattern And Process: Factors Interacting With Natural Selection -- 11. Populations: Origins And Extinctions -- 12. Species And Speciation: Concepts And Models -- 13. Allopatric Speciation And Hybridisation -- 14. Abrupt Speciation -- 15. The Species Concept -- 16. Flowering Plants Evolution: Advances, Challenges And Prospects -- 17. Historical Biogeography -- 18. The Evolutionary Impact Of Human Activities -- 19. The Taxonomic Challenge Ahead -- 20. Conservation: From Protection To Restoration And Beyond -- Glossary -- References -- Index. David Briggs, Wolfson College, University Of Cambridge And S. Max Walters, Former Director Of Cambridge University Botanic Garden ; This Edition Revised By David Briggs. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 482-568) And Index.