Eucalypt Ecology: Individuals to Ecosystems

by Edited by Jann Williams , John Woinarski

• ISBN13: 9780521497404
• ISBN10: 052149740X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-11-13
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The dominant trees of Australia, eucalypts make up a remarkable genus. This authoritative volume provides current reviews by active researchers of many disciplines, including evolutionary history, genetics, distribution and modelling, the relationship of eucalypts to fire and nutrients, ecophysiology, pollination and reproductive ecology, interactions between eucalypts and other co-existing biota (including fungi, invertebrates and vertebrates), and conservation and management. Together these reviews shed light on the reasons for the great success of eucalypts in Australian environments, and provide a comprehensive summary for comparison with the ecology of major woody plant genera in other continents. This volume is of particular relevance to Australian ecologists, but also provides a stimulating perspective to students of vegetation ecology in all continents.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix	(2)
Preface	xi
1 Eucalypts: an introduction	1	(15)
JANN E. WILLIAMS
M. IAN H. BROOKER
2 Phylogenetic history and classification of eucalypts	16	(14)
PAULINE Y. LADIGES
3 Reproductive biology of eucalypts	30	(26)
SUSAN M. HOUSE
4 Eucalypt genetics and genecology	56	(36)
BRAD M. POTTS
ROBERT J. E. WILTSHIRE
5 Evolutionary biogeography and contemporary distribution of eucalypts	92	(37)
GRANT W. WARDELL-JOHNSON
JANN E. WILLIAMS
KEN D. HILL
RUSSELL CUMMING
6 Modelling environmental and temporal niches of eucalypts	129	(22)
MIKE P. AUSTIN
JULI G. PAUSAS
IAN R. NOBLE
7 Eucalypts and fires: interdependent or independent?	151	(17)
A. MALCOLM GILL
8 Eucalypt ecophysiology	168	(29)
DAVID T. BELL
JANN E. WILLIAMS
9 Nutrient cycling in eucalypt ecosystems	197	(30)
HEATHER KEITH
10 Vascular plant-eucalypt interactions	227	(19)
JAMIE B. KIRKPATRICK
11 Fungal diversity and ecology in eucalypt ecosystems	246	(32)
TOM W. MAY
JACK A. SIMPSON
12 Invertebrates of eucalypt formations	278	(25)
JONATHAN D. MAJER
HARRY F. RECHER
A. BRUCE WELLINGTON
JOHN C. Z. WOINARSKI
ALAN L. YEN
13 Vertebrates of eucalypt formations	303	(39)
JOHN C. Z. WOINARSKI
HARRY F. RECHER
JONATHAN D. MAJER
14 Herbivory: interactions between eucalypts and the vertebrates and invertebrates that feed on them	342	(31)
JILL J. LANDSBERG
STEVEN J. CORK
15 Conservation and management of eucalypt ecosystems	373	(29)
TONY W. NORTON
16 Eucalypt ecology: overview and outlook	402	(9)
JANN E. WILLIAMS
JOHN C. Z. WOINARSKI
Taxonomic index	411	(16)
Subject index	427