{"product_id":"the-ecology-of-plants-9781605358291","title":"The Ecology of Plants","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 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","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49533090988375,"sku":"9781605358291","price":172.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781605358291.jpg?v=1731889876","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-ecology-of-plants-9781605358291","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}