Plant strategies, vegetation processes, and ecosystem properties

Author(s)

• Grime, J. Philip (John Philip)

Bibliographic Information

Plant strategies, vegetation processes, and ecosystem properties

J.P. Grime

Wiley, c2001

2nd ed

• : cased
• : pbk

Note

Rev. ed. of: Plant strategies and vegetation processes. c1979

Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-403) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780470850404

Description

Plant Strategies, Vegetation Processes, and Ecosystem Properties, Second Edition, is a thoroughly updated and comprehensive new edition of the very successful Plant Strategies and Vegetative Processes, which controversially proposed the existence of widely-recurring plant functional types with predictable relationships to vegetation structure and dynamics. This second edition uses evidence from many parts of the world to re-examine these concepts in the light of the enormous expansion in the literature. Features include: * A new section covering all aspects of ecosystem properties * New chapters on Assembling of Communities Rarification and Extinction Colonisation and Invasion * Principles and methodologies of a range of international tests including case study examples * Chapter summaries for a quick reference guide * Index of species names Written in a very readable style, this book is an invaluable reference source for researchers in the areas of plant, animal, and community ecology, conservation and land management. 'Written by one of the foremost authorities in the field, summarising over 35 years of research. A book all plant ecologists will want to read.' - Jonathan Silvertown, Department of Biological Sciences, The Open University, UK. 'The coverage is outstanding and comprehensive.' - Simon A. Levin, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, USA

Table of Contents

Preface xii Preface to First Edition vii Introduction xix Chapter Summaries xxvii Part I Plant Strategies 1 Chapter 1 Primary Strategies in the Established Phase 3 Chapter 2 Secondary Strategies in the Established Phase 116 Chapter 3 Regenerative Strategies 138 Part II Plant Strategies and Vegetation Process 177 Chapter 4 Dominance 179 Chapter 5 Assembling of Communities 199 Chapter 6 Rarification and Extinction 218 Chapter 7 Colonisation and Invasion 225 Chapter 8 Succession 238 Chapter 9 Co-existence 257 Part III Plant Strategies and Ecosystem Properties 301 Chapter 10 Trophic Structure, Productivity and Stability 303 References 349 Species list 404 Index 410

Volume

: cased ISBN 9780471496014

Description

Plant Strategies, Vegetation Processes, and Ecosystem Properties, Second Edition, is a thoroughly updated and comprehensive new edition of the very successful Plant Strategies and Vegetative Processes, which controversially proposed the existence of widely-recurring plant functional types with predictable relationships to vegetation structure and dynamics. This second edition uses evidence from many parts of the world to re-examine these concepts in the light of the enormous expansion in the literature. Features include: A new section covering all aspects of ecosystem properties New chapters on Assembling of Communities Rarification and Extinction Colonisation and Invasion Principles and methodologies of a range of international tests including case study examples Chapter summaries for a quick reference guide Index of species names Written in a very readable style, this book is an invaluable reference source for researchers in the areas of plant, animal, and community ecology, conservation and land management. 'Written by one of the foremost authorities in the field, summarising over 35 years of research. A book all plant ecologists will want to read.' - Jonathan Silvertown, Department of Biological Sciences, The Open University, UK. 'The coverage is outstanding and comprehensive.' - Simon A. Levin, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, USA

Table of Contents

Preface. Preface to First Edition. Introduction. Chapter Summaries. PLANT STRATEGIES. Primary Strategies in the Established Phase. Secondary Strategies in the Established Phase. Regenerative Strategies. PLANT STRATEGIES AND VEGETATION PROCESSES. Dominance. Assembling of Communities. Rarification and Extinction. Colonisation and Invasion. Succession. Co-existence. PLANT STRATEGIES AND ECOSYSTEM PROPERTIES. Trophic Structure, Productivity, and Stability. References. Species list. Index

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Details

• NCID: BA51930590
• ISBN:
  • 0471496014
  • 047085040X
• LCCN: 00069342
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chichester, West Sussex, Eng.
• Pages/Volumes: xxxvii, 417 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QK901
  • DC21 : 581.7
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Plant ecology