Approaches to plant evolutionary ecology / G.P. Cheplick.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

The Domain of Evolutionary Ecology -- Natural Selection in the Plant Population -- The Common Garden Approach -- Reciprocal Transplant Experiments -- Molecular Approaches -- Molecular Approaches -- Abiotic Agents of Selection -- Biotic Interactions. I. Competition & Facilitation -- Biotic Interactions. II. Microbial Symbiosis -- iotic Interactions. III. Animals -- Future Directions.

Plant evolutionary ecology is a rapidly growing discipline which emphasizes that populations adapt and evolve not in isolation, but in relation to other species and abiotic environmental features such as climate. Although it departs from traditional evolutionary and ecological fields of study, the field is connected to branches of ecology, genetics, botany, conservation, and to a number of other fields of applied science, primarily through shared concepts and techniques. However, most books regarding evolutionary ecology focus on animals, creating a substantial need for scholarly literature with an emphasis on plants.