Plant Strategies The Demographic Consequences of Functional Traits in Changing Environments

by Laughlin, Daniel C.

• ISBN13: 9780192867940
• ISBN10: 0192867946
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780192693884
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2023-10-27
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Author Biography

Daniel Laughlin, Associate Professor, Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, USA

Daniel Laughlin is Associate Professor, Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, USA. His laboratory develops quantitative approaches to understand and predict how plant species and communities respond to global change. He currently teaches courses in ecological modelling and vegetation ecology, and is Associate Editor of Ecology & Ecological Monographs.

Table of Contents

Prologue
Part 1: Foundations
1. Perspectives on Plant Strategies
2. A Menagerie of Plant Strategy Models
3. The Dimensionality of Plant Strategy Theory
Part 2: Demography and Life History
4. Plant Demography
5. Life History Theory Applied to Plants
Part 3: Comparative Functional Ecology
6. Plant Functional Traits and the Multidimensional Phenotype
7. Plant Strategies Along Resource, Disturbance, and Temperature Gradients
Part 4: The Net Effect of Traits on Fitness
8. Empirical Approaches to Infer Fitness from Traits
9. Game Theoretical Approaches to Infer Fitness from Traits
10. Applying Plant Strategies in Conservation and Restoration
Part 5: The Effect of Traits on Demographic Rates
11. Plant Traits That Promote Growth and Enhance Survival
12. Plant Traits That Bolster Recruitment
Epilogue