Plant ecology

Author(s)

• Crawley, Michael J.

Bibliographic Information

Plant ecology

edited by Michael J. Crawley

Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1986

Note

Bibliography: p. 407-459

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Plant ecology is the scientific study of the factors influencing the distribution and abundance of plants. This textbook aims to take a look at the subject, stressing the experimental approach to plant dynamics. The authors demonstrate how theoretical models, coupled with field and laboratory experimentation, can lead to insights into the functioning of plant communities, populations of individual species, and the dynamics of the growth and development of individual plants. The importance of interactions between plants and animals and between plants and soil organisms is stressed throughout.

Table of Contents

• The structure of plant communities M.J. Crawley
• resources, competition and the dynamics of plant communities D. Tilman
• canopy gaps and the dynamics of a neotropical forest S.P. Hubbell & R.B. Foster
• the structure of plant populations M.J. Hutchings
• plant population dynamics A.R. Watkinson
• ecology of pollination and seed dispersal H.F. Howe and Lynn C. Westley
• breeding structure and genetic variation D.A. Levin
• life history and environment M.J. Crawley
• the dynamics of growth and form D.M. Waller
• individual plants as genetic mosaics - ecological organisms versus evolutionary individuals D.E. Gill
• photosynthesis H.A. Mooney
• acquistion and utilization of resources A.H. Fitter.

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Details

• NCID: BA00392946
• ISBN:
  • 063201363X
• LCCN: 86017122
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; Boston
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 496 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QK901
  • DC19 : 581.5
  • NDLC : RA241
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Botany -- Ecology