The Nature of Plant Communities
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- Authors:
- J. Bastow Wilson, University of Otago, New Zealand
- Andrew D. Q. Agnew, Aberystwyth University
- Stephen H. Roxburgh, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra
- Date Published: March 2019
- availability: In stock
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108482219
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Most people can readily identify a forest, or a grassland, or a wetland - these are the simple labels we give different plant communities. The aim of this book is to move beyond these simple descriptions to investigate the 'hidden' structure of vegetation, asking questions such as how do species in a community persist over time? What prevents the strongest species from taking over? And, are there rules that confer stability and produce repeatable patterns? Answers to these questions are fundamental to community ecology, and for the successful management of the world's varied ecosystems, many of which are currently under threat. In addition to reviewing and synthesising our current knowledge of species interactions and community assembly, this book also seeks to offer a different viewpoint - to challenge the reader, and to stimulate ecologists to think differently about plant communities and the processes that shape them.
Read more- Stimulates reader to think deeply about plant community ecology, and to question the current status and direction of the discipline
- Identifies gaps in the information available for a general understanding of plant communities
- Presents new insights and tools for tackling contemporary problems, such as impacts of global change
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'For anyone working in the large field of plant ecology, and teaching courses in ecology and other topics, this book may provide some new food for thought. It might be used in a graduate seminar course or as background reading for students new to the field as they are developing their career foundations and graduate research plans Suzanne Koptur, Plant Science Bulletin
See more reviews'… a very enjoyable read.' Scott L. Collins, The Quarterly Review of Biology
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- Date Published: March 2019
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108482219
- length: 370 pages
- dimensions: 253 x 178 x 22 mm
- weight: 0.9kg
- contains: 57 b/w illus. 12 tables
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
1. Plants are strange and wondrous beings
2. Interactions between species
3. Mechanisms of co-existence
4. Community-level processes
5. Assembly rules
6. Theories and their predictions
7. Synthesis.
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