The Ecology of Plants

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

The Ecology of Plants provides comprehensive, contemporary coverage of plant ecology. Now in its third edition, the text incorporates current scientific developments and includes hundreds of stunning photographs, insightful illustrations, and references. It also features a clean, modern design that makes the material accessible and appealing. The book covers a range of current and historical ecological topics, presented in an evolutionary context, with the focus on the interactions between plants and their environments over a range of scales. Some of the subjects covered are unique to plants, such as photosynthesis and the ecology of plant-soil interactions; other topics, such as resource and mate acquisition, emphasize the distinctive ways plants (in contrast to animals) deal with their environments. The book uniquely emphasizes the importance of evolutionary and other historical ecological processes as well as human environmental influences. While the book is written for an undergraduate course in plant ecology, the engaging style, thorough coverage of the field, and contemporary perspective make it accessible and useful to others as well, including graduate students in conservation biology, evolutionary biologists and resource managers.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-09-04
Mått:277 x 216 x 22 mm
Vikt:1 356 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:648
Upplaga:3
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9781605358291

Utforska kategorier

Växtböcker inom Djur och Natur
Botanik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Jessica Gurevitch is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook University.Samuel M. Scheiner is a researcher in ecology and evolution.Gordon A. Fox is Adjunct Professor of Biology at the University of New Mexico, and Emeritus Professor of Integrative Biology at the University of South Florida.

Recensioner i media

Most appealing aspects of the revision plan: The addition of a chapter on global biodiversity patterns, further details to help students grapple with the quantitative nature of population ecology, and the addition of more theoretical work...Seems like a good match [for my course]...The mixture of field based, theoretical and physiological coverage makes this a real draw for aplant ecology course.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1. The Science of Plant Ecology Part 1: Individuals and Their Environment Chapter 2. Photosynthesis and Light Chapter 3. Water Relations and Thermal Energy BalanceChapter 4. Soil and Terrestrial Plant LifeChapter 5. Ecosystem Processes Part 2: From Individuals to Populations Chapter 6. Individual Growth and Reproduction Chapter 7. Plant Life Histories Chapter 8. Population Structure, Growth, and DeclineChapter 9. Evolution: Processes and Change Part 3: Population Interactions and Communities Chapter 10. Competition and Other Plant InteractionsChapter 11. Herbivory and other Trophic InteractionsChapter 12. Community diversity and structure Chapter 13. Community dynamics and succession Chapter 14. Local Abundance, Diversity, and Rarity Part 4: From Landscapes to Planet Earth Chapter 15. Landscapes: Pattern and Scale Chapter 16. Climate, Plants, and Climate ChangeChapter 17. PaleoecologyChapter 18. Biomes and PhysiognomyChapter 19. Global Biodiversity Patterns, Loss, and Conservation