Vegetation ecology

Written by leading experts from four continents, this up-to-date, innovative text takes an integrated multidisciplinary approach in presenting a comprehensive account of the composition, structure, ecology, diversity, distribution, and dynamics of plant communities and their environments

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Franklin, Janet , 1959- (Author), Maarel, E. van der (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell , c2013
Edition:2nd ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Vegetation ecology: historical notes and outlines
  • 2. Classification of natural and semi-natural vegetation
  • 3. Vegetation and environment: discontinuities and continuities
  • 4. Vegetation dynamics
  • 5. Clonality in the plant community
  • 6. Seed ecology and assembly rules in plant communities
  • 7. Species interactions structuring plant communities
  • 8. Terrestrial plant-herbivore interactions: integrating across multiple determinants and trophic levels
  • 9. Interactions between higher plants and soil-dwelling organisms
  • 10. Vegetation and ecosystem
  • 11. Diversity and ecosystem function
  • 12. Plant functional types and traits at the community, ecosystem and world level
  • 13. Plant invasions and invisibility of plant communities
  • 14. Vegetation conservation, management and restoration
  • 15. Vegetation types and their broad-scale distribution
  • 16. Mapping vegetation from landscape to regional scales
  • 17. Vegetation ecology and global change