Plant Functional Types: Their Relevance to Ecosystem Properties and Global Change - Couverture souple

 
9780521566438: Plant Functional Types: Their Relevance to Ecosystem Properties and Global Change
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521566436 ISBN 13 : 9780521566438
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1997

Synopsis

This 1997 book describes techniques for defining plant functional types in global detail.

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Revue de presse

"...an excellent introduction to the concept and use of PFT's and a valuable overview of the state of plant ecology in the 1990's." David A. Wedin, Ecoscience

"The strengths of the book are the consistently good quality of the chapters, its continuity of themes and its variety of perspectives...it is excellent for anyone interested in tundra or particularly arid and semiarid ecosystems... I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in functional plant ecology and vegetation response to global change." David Hooper, The Quarterly Review of Biology

"Rooted in game theory and treating plants as strategists and gamblers, Plant Functional Types, an undergraduate textbook, considers shape and form as functions of differential energy allocation during the lifetime of plants. The Achilles heel of each strategy is made poignant by looking at the effects of global climate change on species' survival and community composition. A fine example of how to integrate theoretical and applied biology." New Scientist

"...the depth and breadth of coverage are impressive....This book is an important addition to a growing library of knowledge related to global change." Thomas R. Crowe, Ecoscience

Présentation de l'éditeur

Attempts to model the effects of global change are inhibited by a lack of information about how individual plant and animal species will respond. One way of reducing the problem is to develop models treating a smaller number of groups or 'functional types' with similar characteristics. This 1977 book describes approaches and methods for defining these functional types in ways which maximize our potential to predict accurately the responses of real vegetation with real species diversity.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521566436
ISBN 13 
9780521566438
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
388
Éditeur
Smith T. M.
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780521482318: Plant Functional Types: Their Relevance to Ecosystem Properties and Global Change

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521482313 ISBN 13 :  9780521482318
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1997
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