Vegetation Ecology

Herausgegeben von van der Maarel, Eddy; Franklin, Janet

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Additional resources for this book can be found at: www.wiley.com/go/vandermaarelfranklin/vegetationecology.

Vegetation Ecology, 2nd Edition is a comprehensive, integrated account of plant communities and their environments. Written by leading experts in their field from four continents, the second edition of this book:
covers the composition, structure, ecology, dynamics, diversity, biotic interactions and distribution of plant communities, with an emphasis on functional adaptations;
reviews modern developments in vegetation ecology in a historical perspective;
presents a coherent view on vegetation ecology while integrating population ecology, dispersal biology, soil biology,
ecosystem ecology and global change studies;
tackles applied aspects of vegetation ecology, including management of communities and invasive species;
includes new chapters addressing the classification and mapping of vegetation, and the significance of plant functional types

Vegetation Ecology, 2nd Edition is aimed at advanced undergraduates, graduates and researchers and teachers in plant ecology, geography, forestry and nature conservation. Vegetation Ecology takes an integrated, multidisciplinary approach and will be welcomed as an essential reference for plant ecologists the world over.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 641g
• ISBN-13: 9781444338881
• ISBN-10: 1444338889
• Artikelnr.: 36879237

Autorenporträt

Eddy van der Maarel is a vegetation ecologist and has made a major contribution to the amalgamation of Anglo-American and European approaches in vegetation science. He is one the founding editors of the Journal of Vegetation Science. He is a member of the Royal Academies of Science of The Netherlands and Sweden and a honorary member of the British Ecological Society, the International Association of Vegetation Science and several other societies. Janet Franklin (Professor, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University) is a vegetation scientist and landscape ecologist trained in geography and ecology. She is a former Associate Editor of the Journal of Vegetation Science and Applied Vegetation Science. She, like Eddy, is particularly interested in vegetation dynamics in response to natural and human disturbance, and the application of vegetation science in nature conservation and planning.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors Preface 1. Vegetation Ecology: Historical Notes and
Outline Eddy van der Maarel & Janet Franklin 2. Classification of natural
and semi-natural vegetation Robert K. Peet and David W. Roberts 3.
Vegetation and environment: Discontinuities and continuities M.P. Austin 4.
Vegetation dynamics Steward T.A. Pickett, Mary L. Cadenasso and Scott J.
Meiners 5. Clonality in the plant community Brita M. Svensson, Håkan Rydin
and Bengt Å. Carlsson 6. Seed ecology and assembly rules in plant
communities Peter Poschlod, Mehdi Abedi, Maik Bartelheimer, Juliane
Drobnik, Sergey Rosbakh & Arne Saatkamp 7. Species interactions structuring
plant communities Jelte van Andel 8. Terrestrial plant-herbivore
interactions: Integrating across multiple determinants and trophic levels
Mahesh Sankaran and Samuel J. McNaughton 9. Interactions between higher
plants and soil-dwelling organisms Thomas W. Kuyper and Ron G.M. de Goede
10. Vegetation and ecosystem Christoph Leuschner 11. Diversity and
ecosystem function Jan Leps 12. Plant functional types and traits at the
community, ecosystem and world level. A.N. Gillison 13. Plant invasions and
invasibility of plant communities Marcel Rejmánek, David M. Richardson and
Petr Pysek 14. Vegetation conservation, management and restoration Jan P.
Bakker 15. Vegetation types and their broad-scale distribution Elgene O.
Box and Kazue Fujiwara 16. Mapping vegetation from landscape to regional
scales Janet Franklin 17. Vegetation ecology and global change Brian
Huntley and Bob BaxterIndex

Rezensionen

"Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and above." (Choice, 1 October 2013)