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From Plant Traits to Vegetation Structure: Chance and Selection in the Assembly of Ecological Communities - Couverture souple

Shipley, Bill

 
9780521133555: From Plant Traits to Vegetation Structure: Chance and Selection in the Assembly of Ecological Communities
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521133556 ISBN 13 : 9780521133555
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Plant community ecology has traditionally taken a taxonomical approach based on population dynamics. This book contrasts such an approach with a trait-based approach. After reviewing these two approaches, it then explains how models based on the Maximum Entropy Formalism can be used to predict the relative abundance of different species from a potential species pool. Following this it shows how the trait constraints, upon which the model is based, are necessary consequences of natural selection and population dynamics. The final sections of the book extend the discussion to macroecological patterns of species abundance and concludes with some outstanding unresolved questions. Written for advanced undergraduates, graduates and researchers in plant ecology, Bill Shipley demonstrates how a trait-based approach, can explain how the principle of natural selection and quantitative genetics can be combined with maximum entropy methods to explain and predict the structure of plant communities.

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À propos de l'auteur

Bill Shipley obtained his PhD in plant ecology from the University of Ottawa in 1987 and now teaches plant ecology and statistics at the Université de Sherbrooke (Qc) Canada. He is the author of over 70 peer-reviewed papers in ecology and statistics, and Cause and Correlation in Biology: A User's Guide to Path Analysis, Structural Equations, and Causal Inference (Cambridge University Press, 2000).

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521133556
ISBN 13 
9780521133555
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
290
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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