| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-15页 |
| Chapter I | 第15-22页 |
| ·General Introduction | 第15-16页 |
| ·Developmental plasticity and evolution | 第16页 |
| ·Ecological constraints on the evolution of plasticity in plants | 第16-17页 |
| ·Mechanisms of plastic response | 第17-18页 |
| ·Challenges in interpreting plasticity | 第18-22页 |
| Chapter II Evidence of phenotypic plasticity in the response of Fagopyrum esculentum to population density and emergence date | 第22-45页 |
| ·Introduction | 第22-24页 |
| ·Materials and methods | 第24-27页 |
| ·The Study Species | 第24-25页 |
| ·Experimental Design and Treatments | 第25-26页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第26-27页 |
| ·Results | 第27-36页 |
| ·Discussion | 第36-45页 |
| ·Plasticity in architectural and biomass ratios in response to density | 第37-40页 |
| ·Plasticity in architectural and biomass ratios in response to sowing date | 第40-42页 |
| ·Magnitude of plasticity among treatments | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter III Variation in branch length in the response of Fagopyrum esculentum to population density and sowing date: No evidence for optimality | 第45-55页 |
| ·Introduction | 第45-47页 |
| ·Materials and Methods | 第47-49页 |
| ·Specie description | 第47页 |
| ·Experimental design and Treatments | 第47-48页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第48-49页 |
| ·Results | 第49-52页 |
| ·Allometric relationship between branch length and total biomass | 第49-52页 |
| ·Discussion | 第52-55页 |
| ·Change in branch length: optimality or size? | 第52-55页 |
| Chapter IV Phenotypic plasticity in Datura stramonium in response to density and nutrient supply | 第55-70页 |
| ·Introduction | 第55-56页 |
| ·Materials and Methods | 第56-59页 |
| ·Brief description of the species | 第56页 |
| ·Study site and environmental conditions | 第56-57页 |
| ·Experimental design and treatments | 第57页 |
| ·Measurements. | 第57-58页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第58-59页 |
| ·Results | 第59-63页 |
| ·Discussion | 第63-70页 |
| ·Effect of density | 第64-66页 |
| ·Effect of nutrient supply | 第66-70页 |
| Chapter V Plasticity in reproductive allocation in Datura in response to four environmental factors | 第70-85页 |
| ·Introduction | 第70-72页 |
| ·Materials and Methods | 第72-75页 |
| ·Study species | 第72页 |
| ·Study site and environmental conditions | 第72-73页 |
| ·Experimental design | 第73-74页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第74-75页 |
| ·Results | 第75-78页 |
| ·Allometric relationships | 第75-78页 |
| ·Discussions | 第78-85页 |
| Chapter VI Phenotypic plasticity and its potential impact on grain production in two annual crop species | 第85-100页 |
| ·Introduction | 第85-88页 |
| ·Treatments and experimental design | 第86-87页 |
| ·Measurements | 第87页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第87-88页 |
| ·Results | 第88-90页 |
| ·Discussion | 第90-100页 |
| ·Pattern of plasticity and reproductive allocation in response to density | 第90-95页 |
| ·Consequences of the plasticity patterns on grain production | 第95-98页 |
| ·Some concluding remarks | 第98-100页 |
| Chapter VII | 第100-105页 |
| ·General Conclusions | 第100-101页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第101-105页 |
| References | 第105-119页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第119-120页 |
| Publications from my thesis | 第120页 |
