1st Edition

Lagomorphs Mammals of Russia and Adjacent Regions

By Robert S Hoffmann, Andrew T. Smith Copyright 2009

    This book is a continuation of the series of monographs on different orders of mammals. This volume is devoted to the description of the order Lagomorpha, which is represented by two extant families Leporidae and Ochotonidae. All descriptions of groups and species are given according to the scheme followed in the preceding volumes of the series. Palaeontological data on recent species and genera are briefly mentioned. The book is aimed at mammalogists, ecologists, zoogeographers and game specialists. In this book unpublished data on the biology and distribution of pikas has been published. Illustrations 58, table 57, bibliography of 13 papers.

    Preface
    Acknowledgements
    Introduction
    (T.B. Batygina)
    PART ONE-PLANT REPRODUCTION-Overview
    Reproductive Biology
    (E.S. Teryokhin)
    Ecological Embryology (E.S. Teryokhin)
    Reproduction, Propagation and Renewal (T.B. Batygina)
    Viviparity (T.B. Batygina, E.A. Bragina)
    Metamorphosis (E.S. Teryokhin)
    Life Cycles (G.B. Rodionova)

    PART TWO-POLLINATION AND BREEDING-Pollination Systems
    Anthecology
    (A.N. Ponomarev, E.I. Demyanova)
    Sexual Polymorphism (A. P. Melikyan)
    Monoecy (E.I. Demyanova)
    Gynodioecy (E.I. Demyanova)
    Heterostyly (N.A. Zhinkina)
    Dichogamy (N.A. Zhinkina)
    Population Aspects of Sex Determination
    (N.P. Starshova)
    Modes of Pollen Transfer and Pollinating Agents (N.P. Melikyan)
    Chasmogamy (E.I. Demyanova)
    Cleistogamy (E.I. Demyanova)
    Specific Features of Cleistogamy in Annual Species of Genus Medicago L. (Fabaceae) (L.V. Novosyelova)
    The Evolution of Wind Pollination (H.P. Linder)
    -Breeding Systems
    Autogamy
    (E.I. Demyanova)
    Allogamy (E.I. Demyanova)
    Geitonogamy
    Xenogamy 76Pollen-Ovule Ratios in Different Breeding Systems
    (I.I. Shamrov)
    Stigmatic and Ovular Receptivity — Facts and Hypotheses (E. Pacini, G.G. Franchi)
    Pollination Failure in Natural Populations: Implications for the Conservation of Rare Plants
    (C.C. Wilcock)
    Significance of Hybridization in the Higher Plant Evolution (N.N. Tzvelev)

    PART THREE-SEED PROPAGATION
    Amphimixis and Apomixis
    Amphimixis (T.B. Batygina)
    Apomixis (T.B. Batygina)
    Apospory
    (T.N. Naumova)
    Diplospory (T.N. Naumova)
    Parthenogenesis (V.S. Tyrnov)
    Apogamety (O.P. Kamelina)
    Classification of Apomixis
    (N.A. Shishkinskaya, O.I. Yudakova)
    Embryo-Endosperm Interrelations in Apomixis (V.S. Tyrnov)
    Ultrastructural Aspects of Apomixis (T.N. Naumova)
    Space and Time Organization of the Megaspore- and Megagametophytogenesis in Amphimictic and Apomictic Plants (M.A. Gussakovskaya, I.P. Ermakov)
    Experimental Induction of Apomixis in vivo and in vitro (AS. Kashin)
    Applied Aspects of Gametophytic Apomixis
    (V.S. Tyrnov)
    Alchemilla L. (Rosaceae) is a Classical Object for Studying Facultative Apomixis (K.P. Glazunova)
    The Problem of Evolutionary Significance of Apomixis (K.A. Shishkinskaya, V.S. Tyrnov)
    The Evolution of Gametophytic Apomixis (J.G. Carman)
    -Seed Propagation
    Seed and Seed Propagation (T.B. Batygina)
    Reproductive Effort (Yu. A. Zlobin)
    Reproductive Success (Yu. A. Zlobin)

    Potential Seed Productivity (Yu. A. Zlobin)
    Real Seed Productivity (Yu. A. Zlobin)
    Seed Productivity in Symphytum L. (Boraginaceae)
    (N.M. Nayda)
    Seed Productivity in Apomicts (A.S. Kashin)
    Aberrant Ovules and Seeds: Structure and Diagnostics (I.I.
    Shamrov)
    Heterospermy (G.M. Anisimova)
    Seed Bank (V.L. Tichonova)
    Fruit (E.S. Teryokhin)
    Heterocarpy (A.P. Melikyan)

    PART FOUR-VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION
    Vegetative Propagation
    (N.I. Shorina)
    Sarmentation (R.P. Barykina)
    Particulation (R.P. Barykina)
    Bud (N.I. Shorina, O.B. Mikhalevskaya)
    Brood Bud (T.B. Batygina, E.A. Bragina)
    Bulb (M.V. Baranova)
    Bulblet and Bulbil (M.V. Baranova)
    Protocorm (E.V. Andronova, T.B. Batygina, V.E. Vasilyeva)
    Embryoidogeny is a New Type of Vegetative Propagation (T.B. Batygina)
    Phytomer Conception and the Higher Plant Evolution (N.N. Tzvelev)

    PART FIVE-MOLECULAR-GENETIC ASPECTS OF REPRODUCTION
    Flower Development Genetics (L.A. Lutova)
    Genetic Analysis of Ovule Development
    (K. Schneitz)
    Gametophytic Mutations (N.Kh. Enaleeva, V.S. Tyrnov)
    Modifiable Variability of Gametophyte (L.P. Lobanova, N.Kh. Enaleeva)
    Plant Embryogenetics (V.S. Tyrnov)
    Genetic Control of Apomixis (O.N. Tikhodeev)
    Genetic Heterogeneity of Seeds. Polyembryony (T.B. Batygina)

    PART SLY-POPULATION AND ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF REPRODUCTION
    Phytocoenosis
    (V.I. Vasilevich)
    Ecological niche (V.I. Vasilevich)
    Population (V.I. Vasilevich)
    Life form (N.I. Shorina)
    Diaspore (E.A. Bragina, T.B. Batygina)
    Population and Coenotic Regulation of Reproduction (Yu. A. Zlobin)
    Population and Coenotic Aspects of Research on Plant Reproduction in Arctic Conditions (E.A. Khodachek)
    Multiplicity of Vegetative Propagation and Expansion in the Ranunculaceae
    (R.P. Barykina)
    Ontogenesis in Ferula L. (Apiaceae) (U.A. Rakhmankulov)

    PART SEVEN-EMBRYOLOGICAL BASES OF REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES
    Adaptive Possibilities and Reproductive Strategy in Trapaceae
    (G.E. Titova, A.A. Zakharova)
    Reproductive Strategy in Ceratophyllaceae (I.I. Shamrov)
    Seed Propagation and Vegetative Propagation in Vaccinium myrtillus L. (Ericaceae) (E.A. Maznaya, G.M. Anisimova)
    Reproductive Strategy of Viviparous Plants (T.B. Batygina, E.A. Bragina)
    Reproductive Strategy of Orchids in Temperate Zone (P.V. Kulikov, E.G. Philippov)
    Problems and Perspectives of In Vitro Seed Propagation in Orchids of Temperate Zone (E.V. Andronova, P.V. Kulikov, E.V. Philippov, V.E. Vasilyeva, T.B. Batygina)
    Action of Herbicides and Other Factors on Embryogenesis of Striga hermonthica (Scrophulariaceae) (J. Pare)
    Effects of Environmental Pollution on Plant Reproduction (G.M. Anisimova, I.V. Lyanguzova, I.I. Shamrov)
    Bibliography
    Plates
    Index
    Insets: Contributors of the Volume

    Biography

    Hoffmann, Robert S ; Smith, Andrew T.