Plants and Vegetation Origins, Processes, Consequences

Name: Plants and Vegetation Origins, Processes, Consequences
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ISBN: 9780521864800

ISBN-10: 0521864801

ISBN-13: 9780521864800

Edition: 2006

Authors: Paul A. Keddy

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Plants make up 99.9 percent of the world's living matter, provide food and shelter, and control the Earth's climate. The study of plant ecology is therefore essential to understanding the biological functions and processes of the biosphere. This vibrant new introductory textbook integrates important classical themes with recent ideas, models and data. The book begins with the origin of plants and their role in creating the biosphere as the context for discussing plant functional types and evolutionary patterns. The coverage continues logically through the exploration of causation with chapters, amongst others, on resources, stress, competition, predation, and mutualism. The book concludes…

Book details

List price: $110.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/7/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 706
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgements



Plants and the origin of the biosphere



Description of vegetation: the search for global patterns



Resources



Stress



Competition



Disturbance



Herbivory



Positive interactions: mutualism, commensalism, and symbiosis



Time



Gradients and plant communties: description at local scales



Diversity



Conservation and management


References