Vegetation Ecology

by van der Maarel, Eddy

• ISBN13: 9780632057610
• ISBN10: 0632057610
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-27
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Vegetation Ecology is a comprehensive account of plant communities and their environments. Written by leading experts in their field from four continents, this up-to-date, innovative text:covers the composition, structure, ecology, diversity, distribution and dynamics of plant communities, with an emphasis on functional adaptations to the abiotic and biotic processes governing plant communities;reviews the modern developments in vegetation ecology in a historical perspective;presents a coherent view on vegetation ecology while integrating population ecology, dispersal biology, biotic interactions, herbivory, interactions with soil organisms and ecosystem ecology; andtackles applied aspects of vegetation ecology, notably nature management, restoration ecology and global change studies.Aimed at advanced undergraduates, graduates and researchers in plant ecology, geography, forestry and nature conservation, Vegetation Ecology takes an integrated, multi-disciplinary approach and will be welcomed as an essential reference for plant ecologists the world over.

Author Biography

Eddy van der Maarel is former Vice-President of the International Association for Vegetation Science; one of the founding editors of the Journal of Vegetation Science; and an honorary member of the British Ecological Society, the Royal Botanical Society of the Netherlands and the Swedish Phytogeographical Society. He has a special interest in vegetation dynamics and the application of vegetation ecology in nature conservation and planning.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	vi
Preface	ix
Vegetation ecology -- an overview	1	(51)
Eddy van der Maarel
Vegetation and environment: discontinuities and continuities	52	(33)
M.P. Austin
Vegetation and ecosystems	85	(21)
Christoph Leuschner
Vegetation types and their broad-scale distribution	106	(23)
Elgene O. Box
Kazue Fujiwara
Clonal plants in the Community	129	(18)
Brita M. Svensson
Hakan Rydin
Bengt A. Carlsson
Plant dispersal potential and its relation to species frequency and co-existence	147	(25)
Peter Poschlod
Oliver Tackenberg
Susanne Bonn
Vegetation dynamics	172	(27)
Steward T.A. Pickett
Mary L. Cadenasso
Diversity and ecosystem function	199	(39)
Jan Leps
Species interactions structuring plant communities	238	(27)
Jelte van Andel
Terrestrial plant--herbivore interactions: integrating across multiple determinants and trophic levels	265	(21)
Mahesh Sankaran
S.J. McNaughton
Interaction between higher plants and soil-dwelling organisms	286	(23)
Thomas W. Kuyper
Ron G.M. de Goede
Vegetation conservation, management and restoration	309	(23)
Jan P. Bakker
Plant invasions and invasibility of plant communities	332	(24)
Marcel Rejmanek
David M. Richardson
Petr Pysek
Vegetation ecology and global change	356	(17)
Brian Huntley
Robert Baxter
Index	373