Autorentext

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.

Klappentext

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.

Inhalt

• 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 Balance

• Chapter 4. Soil and Terrestrial Plant Life

• Chapter 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 Decline

• Chapter 9. Evolution: Processes and Change

• Part 3: Population Interactions and Communities

• Chapter 10. Competition and Other Plant Interactions

• Chapter 11. Herbivory and other Trophic Interactions

• Chapter 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 Change

• Chapter 17. Paleoecology

• Chapter 18. Biomes and Physiognomy

• Chapter 19. Global Biodiversity Patterns, Loss, and Conservation