10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «XEROPHILY»
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xerophily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
xerophily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Heavy Metal Tolerant Flora of Southcentral Africa
These are: xerophily, eutrophy, mesophily and even hygrophily. Termite hill
vegetation in fact consists of a mosaic of ecological groups (Duvigneaud, 1955),
among which xerophilic and eutrophic species are most common. The xerophily
...
R. R. Brooks, François Malaisse, A. Empain,
1985
2
In Nature's Name: An Anthology of Women's Writing and ...
The explanation of inherited xerophily does not seem to bear looking into closely.
Are there any other factors apart from environment which might necessitate
xerophily in a group of plants? The great influence of the surroundings and
climatic ...
In the xerophytic Platyzoma the departing leaf- traces, which are very small and
much crowded, leave no gap in the stele. Its xerophily and the smallness of its
leaves make it very probable that it has arisen from a solenostelic form by
reduction.
Sir Arthur George Tansley,
1908
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Volume 2: Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, ...
The most significant departure from xylo-mycetophagy (as it is termed by
Kompantseva) is toward xerophily (adaptation to dry environments, including
eremophily which refers to deserts in particular), which has occurred many times
...
Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel, John F. Lawrence,
2010
5
Water, Radiation, Salt, and Other Stresses
Conversely, it must be realized that drought resistance is possible without the
development of xeromorphic characters, if the resistance is due to tolerance (see
below). In short, xerophily (and in particular xeromorphy) is not necessarily
always ...
6
Plants in Mesozoic Time: Morphological Innovations, ...
Classopollis in Jurassic palynofloras combined with sedimentological evidence
of aridity suggests xerophily (e.g., Barrón etal. 2006). However, direct evidence
on paleoecology of Jurassic representatives of the Podo- carpaeae and ...
... of psychrophily 1 75 Variety and distribution of psychrophilous fungi 176 'Snow
moulds' 177 Fungi of frozen foods 177 Xerophily in fungi 178 Xerophilous and
xero-tolerant fungi 179 The 'osmophilous' Aspergilli 180 Basis of xerophily 182 7.
The conclusion of these writers is that the xerophily of bog plants is due to the
toxic effect of the habitat. (2) Xerophytic nature due to persistence of stable
structures Clements (1905: 126) holds the view that many of the so- called
swamp ...
Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society,
1919
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The American Naturalist
In other words, the author regards the xerophily of this group as phylogenetic, not
adaptive. With Miss Stope's general conclusion that the xerophily of the
Coniferales is phylogenetic and not ecological, Moss agrees (New Phytologist 6
...
It is generally held that they have been derived from a megaphyllous stock and
that leaf reduction has been brought about by xerophily. Now it has been shown
that in the Angiosperms the expression of xerophily may take many forms, ...
University of Sydney,
1924
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «XEROPHILY»
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X is for Xerophily. The ability to survive dry conditions, aka what teams will have to do as injuries mount and the fatigue of the season kicks in down the stretch in ... «SB Nation, Nov 11»