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Proposes the existence of widely-recurring plant functional types with predictable relationships to vegetation structure and dynamics. This title features chapters on Assembling of Communities, Rarification and Extinction, Colonisation and Invasion, Principles and methodologies of a range of international tests including case study examples.

Table of Contents

Preface xii

Preface to First Edition vii

Introduction xix

Chapter Summaries xxvii

Part I Plant Strategies 1

Chapter 1 Primary Strategies in the Established Phase 3

Chapter 2 Secondary Strategies in the Established Phase 116

Chapter 3 Regenerative Strategies 138

Part II Plant Strategies and Vegetation Process 177

Chapter 4 Dominance 179

Chapter 5 Assembling of Communities 199

Chapter 6 Rarification and Extinction 218

Chapter 7 Colonisation and Invasion 225

Chapter 8 Succession 238

Chapter 9 Co-existence 257

Part III Plant Strategies and Ecosystem Properties 301

Chapter 10 Trophic Structure, Productivity and Stability 303

References 349

Species list 404

Index 410

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      Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Published 18 July 2002
      ISBN-13 9780470850404
      978-0470850404
      ISBN-10 047085040X
      Also in:
      Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Applied ecology Conservation of the environment Earth sciences

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Proposes the existence of widely-recurring plant functional types with predictable relationships to vegetation structure and dynamics. This title features chapters on Assembling of Communities, Rarification and Extinction, Colonisation and Invasion, Principles and methodologies of a range of international tests including case study examples.

      Table of Contents

      Preface xii

      Preface to First Edition vii

      Introduction xix

      Chapter Summaries xxvii

      Part I Plant Strategies 1

      Chapter 1 Primary Strategies in the Established Phase 3

      Chapter 2 Secondary Strategies in the Established Phase 116

      Chapter 3 Regenerative Strategies 138

      Part II Plant Strategies and Vegetation Process 177

      Chapter 4 Dominance 179

      Chapter 5 Assembling of Communities 199

      Chapter 6 Rarification and Extinction 218

      Chapter 7 Colonisation and Invasion 225

      Chapter 8 Succession 238

      Chapter 9 Co-existence 257

      Part III Plant Strategies and Ecosystem Properties 301

      Chapter 10 Trophic Structure, Productivity and Stability 303

      References 349

      Species list 404

      Index 410

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