van der Maarel / Franklin Vegetation Ecology

2. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-45248-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 576 Seiten, E-Book

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Vegetation Ecology, 2nd Edition is a comprehensive,integrated account of plant communities and their environments.Written by leading experts in their field from four continents, thesecond edition of this book:
* covers the composition, structure, ecology, dynamics,diversity, biotic interactions and distribution of plantcommunities, with an emphasis on functional adaptations;
* reviews modern developments in vegetation ecology in ahistorical perspective;
* presents a coherent view on vegetation ecology whileintegrating population ecology, dispersal biology, soilbiology,
* ecosystem ecology and global change studies;
* tackles applied aspects of vegetation ecology, includingmanagement of communities and invasive species;
* includes new chapters addressing the classification and mappingof vegetation, and the significance of plant functional types
Vegetation Ecology, 2nd Edition is aimed at advancedundergraduates, graduates and researchers and teachers in plantecology, geography, forestry and nature conservation. VegetationEcology takes an integrated, multidisciplinary approach and will bewelcomed as an essential reference for plant ecologists the worldover.

Autoren/Hrsg.

van der Maarel, Eddy

Franklin, Janet

Über Autor(innen)

Eddy van der Maarel is a vegetation ecologist and hasmade a major contribution to the amalgamation of Anglo-American andEuropean approaches in vegetation science. He is one the foundingeditors of the Journal of Vegetation Science. He is a member of theRoyal Academies of Science of The Netherlands and Sweden and ahonorary member of the British Ecological Society, theInternational Association of Vegetation Science and several othersocieties.
Janet Franklin (Professor, School of Life Sciences,Arizona State University) is a vegetation scientist and landscapeecologist trained in geography and ecology. She is a formerAssociate Editor of the Journal of Vegetation Science and AppliedVegetation Science. She, like Eddy, is particularly interested invegetation dynamics in response to natural and human disturbance,and the application of vegetation science in nature conservationand planning.