From plant traits to vagetation structure : chance and selection in the assembly of ecological communities

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shipley, Bill , 1960- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, uk : Cambridge University Press , c2010
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260 |a Cambridge, uk :   |b Cambridge University Press ,   |c c2010 
300 |a xi, 277 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 1. Playing with loaded dice -- 2. Population-base models of community assembly -- 3. Trait-based community ecology -- 4. Modeling trait-based environmental filters: bayesian statistics, information theory and the maximum entropy formalism -- 5. Community dynamics, natural selection and the origin of community-aggregated traits -- 6. Community assembly during a Mediterranean succession -- 7. The statistical mechanics of species abundance distributions -- 8. Epilogue: traits are not enough 
650 0 |a Plant communities   |x Mathematical models 
650 0 |a Plant ecology 
650 0 |a Vegetation classification 
650 0 |a Vegetation surveys 
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