Floral Biology

M. Percival

• Publisher: Pergamon
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9780080106090
• eBook ISBN: 9781483293028
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Botany
• Index: Biological Sciences

Floral Biology attempts to show how floral biologists conduct their experiments and what techniques they employ in floral biology. The techniques employed include those of physics, chemistry, physiology, psychology, genetics, and ecology, and so constitute a broad training in biology that may be useful and acceptable in other fields.
Organized into 11 chapters, this book begins with a discussion on sex in flowers; the biology of the floral parts; agencies of pollination; and the pollen, nectar, and nectaries. Some chapters follow on pollination by birds, bats, and insects. The features of entomophilous flowers and isolating mechanisms in flowers are also described. Some hints for students, such as the tools required, how to make them, and a schedule of procedure for examining the floral biology of a species, are given in the last chapter.
This book will attract workers, who, armed with the techniques and stimulated by the findings of the investigators, can introduce the floral biology to other fields.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Floral Biology
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter I. Sex in Flowers
• Chapter II. The Biology of the Floral Parts
• Chapter III. Agencies of Pollination
• Chapter IV. Animal Flowers Food in – Pollen
• Chapter V. Animal Food in Flowers—Nectar and Nectaries
• Chapter VI. Pollination by Birds (Ornithophily)
• Chapter VII. Pollination by Bats (Cheiropterophily)
• Chapter VIII. Pollination by Insects (Entomophily)
• Chapter IX. The Features of Entomophilous Flowers
• Chapter X. Isolating Mechanisms in Flowers
• Chapter XI. Practical Work in Floral Biology
• References
• Bibliography
• Animal Index
• Plant Index
• Subject Index