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18 produkter
The Evolutionary Ecology of Ant-Plant Mutualisms
Av Andrew James Beattie, H. J. B. Birks m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
585 kr
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Mutualistic interactions between ants and plants involve rewards offered by plants and services performed by ants in a mutually advantageous relationship. The rewards are principally food and/or nest sites, and ants in turn perform a number of services for plants: they disperse and plant seeds; …
Climate and Plant Distribution
Av F. I. Woodward, H. J. B. Birks m. fl.
Häftad, 1987
895 kr
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The central thesis for plant ecology is that climate exerts the dominant control on the distribution of the major vegetation types of the world. This book sets out to examine this often neglected area in two ways. In the first part the author analyses the distribution of species in relation to …
The Ecology of Mycorrhizae
Av Michael F. Allen, H. J. B. Birks
Häftad, 1991
781 kr
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A great many terrestrial plants live in close association with fungi. The features of this association, which is known as mycorrhiza, are those of a mutualistic symbiosis. Almost all plants from mycorrhizae whereby the fungus provides soil resources to the plant in exchange for energy provided by …
The Terrestrial Invasion
An Ecophysiological Approach to the Origins of Land Animals
Av Colin Little, H. J. B. Birks m. fl.
Häftad, 1990
716 kr
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The theme of this book is the invasion of land by animal lines which originated in aquatic environments. It brings together physiological and ecological evidence to show both the likely routes taken out of the sea by the aquatic ancestors of terrestrial animals and the changes in structure and …
The Ecology of Fire
Av Robert J. Whelan, H. J. B. Birks
Häftad, 1995
1432 kr
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Wildfires kill many animals, but are populations of animals affected? How do animals survive the passage of fire? Why do some tree species survive and others die in a fire? Do frequent fires cause changes in plant community composition? Answering questions such as these requires an understanding of …
Fire and Vegetation Dynamics
Studies from the North American Boreal Forest
Av Edward A. Johnson, H. J. B. Birks
Inbunden, 1992
1416 kr
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It is almost dogma that the boreal forest in North America is a fire-dependent forest, yet ecologists often do not consider in any technical detail how forest fires produce effects on individual plants and on plant populations. Consequently, the causal connection between the behaviour of fire and …
Ecological Experiments
Purpose, Design and Execution
Av Nelson G. Hairston, H. J. B. Birks m. fl.
Häftad, 1989
1384 kr
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Ecological Experiments stresses the importance to ecology of field experiments, where variables are manipulated in order to collect data on specific hypotheses, as opposed to the more passive observational method. The book begins by introducing a series of ecological questions that can be addressed …
Fire and Vegetation Dynamics
Studies from the North American Boreal Forest
Av Edward A. Johnson, H. J. B. Birks m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
618 kr
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It is almost dogma that the boreal forest in North America is a fire-dependent forest, yet ecologists often do not consider in any technical detail how forest fires produce effects on individual plants and on plant populations. Consequently, the causal connection between the behaviour of fire and …
The Ecology of Recently-deglaciated Terrain
A Geoecological Approach to Glacier Forelands
Av John A. Matthews, H. J. B. Birks m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
2492 kr
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Glacier forelands provide a unique type of field laboratory for the study of landscape ecology. Their restricted physical size and the relatively simple ecosystems which they support allow comprehensive investigations to be carried out, but their particular attraction is the existence of terrain of …
Evolution and Ecology
The Pace of Life
Av K. D. Bennett, H. J. B. Birks
Inbunden, 1996
2084 kr
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The mechanisms of macroevolutionary change have long been a contentious issue. Palaeoecological evidence, presented in this book, shows that evolutionary processes visible in ecological time do not build up into macroevolutionary trends, contrary to Darwin's original thesis. The author discusses …
Evolution and Ecology
The Pace of Life
Av K. D. Bennett, H. J. B. Birks
Häftad, 1996
784 kr
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The mechanisms of macroevolutionary change have long been a contentious issue. Palaeoecological evidence, presented in this book, shows that evolutionary processes visible in ecological time do not build up into macroevolutionary trends, contrary to Darwin's original thesis. The author discusses …
The Ecology of Bird Communities
Av John A. Wiens, H. J. B. Birks m. fl.
Häftad, 1992
1318 kr
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The two volumes of John Wiens' Ecology of Bird Communities, first published in 1992, are recognised as having applications and importance beyond the study of birds to the wider study of ecology in general. The books contain a detailed synthesis of our understanding of the patterns of organisation …
The Ecology of Bird Communities
Av John A. Wiens, H. J. B. Birks m. fl.
Häftad, 1992
707 kr
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The two volumes of John Wiens' Ecology of Bird Communities have applications and importance to the whole field of ecology. The books contain a detailed synthesis of our current understanding of the patterns of organisation of bird communities and of the factors that may determine them, drawing from …
Spatial Pattern Analysis in Plant Ecology
Av Mark R. T. Dale, H. J. B. Birks
Inbunden, 1999
1416 kr
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The predictability of the physical arrangement of plants, at whatever scale it is viewed, is referred to as their spatial pattern. Spatial pattern is a crucial aspect of vegetation which has important implications not only for the plants themselves, but also for other organisms which interact with …
Riparian Landscapes
Av George P. Malanson, H. J. B. Birks m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
878 kr
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Riparian Landscapes examines the ecological systems of streamside and floodplain areas from the perspective of landscape ecology. The specific spatial pattern of riparian vegetation is seen as a result of, and a control on, the ecological, geomorphological, and hydrological processes that operate …
The Cultural Landscape
Past, Present and Future
Av Hilary H. Birks, H. J. B. Birks m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
1644 kr
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The Cultural Landscape - Past, Present and Future considers different aspects of man's intervention with natural vegetation and the landscape resulting from a long equilibrium of co-existence. These landscapes are not stable, and the recent and ever accelerating changes in technology and life-style …
Forest Dynamics and Disturbance Regimes
Studies from Temperate Evergreen-Deciduous Forests
Av Lee E. Frelich, H. J. B. Birks m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
2378 kr
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Temperate-zone forests have been shaped by fire, wind and grazing over thousands of years. This book provides a major contribution to the study of their dynamics by considering three important themes: • The combined influence of wind, fire and herbivory on the successional trajectories and …
Spatial Pattern Analysis in Plant Ecology
Av Mark R. T. Dale, H. J. B. Birks
Häftad, 2000
993 kr
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The predictability of the physical arrangement of plants, at whatever scale it is viewed, is referred to as their spatial pattern. Spatial pattern is a crucial aspect of vegetation which has important implications not only for the plants themselves, but also for other organisms which interact with …
