Research Catalog

Title

Plant succession : theory and prediction / edited by David C. Glenn-Lewin, Robert K. Peet, Thomas T. Veblen.

Publication

London ; New York : Chapman & Hall, 1992.

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Additional Authors

• Glenn-Lewin, David C.
• Peet, R. K.
• Veblen, Thomas T., 1947-

Description

vii, 352 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Population and community biology series ; 11

Uniform Title

Population and community biology series ; 11.

Subject

Plant succession

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• 1. Patterns and processes of vegetation dynamics / David C. Glenn-Lewin and Eddy van der Maarel. 1.2. Successional dichotomies and population-based processes. 1.3. Disturbance. 1.4. Vegetation dynamics in time and space. 1.5. Mechanisms. 1.6. The study of vegetation dynamics -- 2. Establishment, colonization and persistence / Arnold G. van der Valk. 2.2. Establishment. 2.3. Colonization. 2.4. Persistence -- 3. Community structure and ecosystem function / Robert K. Peet. 3.2. Disturbance. 3.3. Biomass and production. 3.4. Soil development and nutrient flows. 3.5. Community organization -- 4. Regeneration dynamics / Thomas T. Veblen. 4.2. Recognition of compositional equilibrium. 4.3. The regeneration niche and species coexistence. 4.4. Regeneration dynamics and landscape patterns -- 5. From population dynamics to community dynamics: modelling succession as a species replacement process / Robert van Hulst. 5.2. A variety of models. 5.3. A simple model incorporating historical effects. 5.4. Tilman's resource-based models. 5.5. Lotteries for living space. 5.6. Models exhibiting spatial structure. 5.7. Invasion models. 5.8. A game theoretic invasion model -- 6. Statistical models of succession / Michael B. Usher. 6.2. Mathematical background. 6.3. An example: the Breckland grasslands. 6.4. The use of series of frequency data. 6.5. Advantages, disadvantages and the role of statistical models.
• 7. Individual-based models of forest succession / Dean L. Urban and Herman H. Shugart. 7.2. The basic gap model. 7.3. Diversification and model extensions. 7.4. Applications. 7.5. Forests as complex systems. 7.7. Prospectus -- 8. Climate change and long-term vegetation dynamics / I. Colin Prentice. 8.2. The study of the Quaternary. 8.3. Climate change. 8.4. The response of vegetation to climate change.

ISBN

0412269007 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^92038112^

OCLC

• 26975216
• SCSB-9945467

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