Annals of Botany 89: 355, 2002
© 2002 Annals of Botany Company
Fenner, M. Seeds: the ecology of regeneration in plant communities. 2nd edn.
Seeds: the ecology of regeneration in plant communities. 2nd edn.
Michael Fenner. 2000.
Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing.
410 pp.
£95 (hardback).
The many advances in seed science in the last decade are reflected in the timely second edition of this book, which was originally published in 1992. It has been updated considerably and this is particularly evident when glancing through the cited literature and the large number of post-1992 publications referenced in the various chapters.
There are 16 chapters in all, progressing logically from reproductive allocation during seed