List of contributors; Preface; Part I: 1. What are functional types and how
should we seek them? H. Gitay and I. R. Noble; 2. Plant and ecosystem
functional types H. H. Shugart; Part II: 3. Plant functional types: towards
a definition by environmental constraints F. I. Woodward and C. K. Kelly;
4. Can we use plant functional types to describe and predict responses to
environmental change? R. J. Hobbs; 5. Functional types in non-equilibrium
ecosystems B. H. Walker; 6. Categorizing plant species into functional
types M. Westoby and M. Leishman; 7. Functional types: testing the concept
in Northern England J. P. Grime, J. G. Hodgson, R. Hunt, K. Thopson, G. A.
F. Hendry, B. D. Campbell, A. Jalili, S. H. Hillier, S. Diaz and M. J. W.
Burke; Part III: 8. Plant functional types and ecosystem change in arctic
tundras G. R. Shaver, A. E. Giblin, K. J. Nadelhoffer and E. B. Rastetter;
9. Functional types for predicting changes in biodiversity: a case study in
Cape Fynbos W. J. Bond; 10. Defining functional types for models of
desertification J. F. Reynolds, R. A. Virginia and W. H. Schlesinger; 11.
Plant functional types in temperate semi-arid regions O. E. Sala, W. K.
Lauenroth and R. A. Golluscio; 12. Interactions between demographic and
ecosystem processes in a semi-arid and an arid grassland: a challenge for
plant functional types W. K. Lauenroth, D. P. Coffin, I. C. Burke and R. A.
Virginia; 13. Plant functional types in African savannas and grasslands R.
J. Scholes, G. Pickett, W. N. Ellery and A. C. Blackmore; Part IV: 14.
Using plant functional types in a global vegetation model W. Cramer; 15.
The use of plant functional type classifications to model the global land
cover and simulate the interactions between the terrestrial biosphere and
the atmosphere R. Leemans; Part V: 16. Examining the consequences of
classifying species into functional types: a simulation model analysis T.
M. Smith; 17. Ecosystem function of biodiversity: the basis of the
viewpoint H. A. Mooney; 18. Defining plant functional types: the end view
F. I. Woodward, T. M. Smith and H. H. Shugart; Index.
