- ホーム
- > 洋書
- > 英文書
- > Nature / Ecology
Full Description
Much of what is considered conventional wisdom about succession is not as clear cut as it is generally believed. Yet, the importance of succession in ecology is undisputed since it offers a real insight into the dynamics and structure of all plant communities. Part monograph and part conceptual treatise, An Integrative Approach to Successional Dynamics presents a unifying conceptual framework for dynamic plant communities and uses a unique long-term data set to explore the utility of that framework. The fourteen chapters, each written in a nontechnical style and accompanied by numerous illustrations and examples, cover diverse aspects of succession, including community, population and disturbance dynamics, diversity, community assembly, heterogeneity, functional ecology and biological invasion. This unique text will be a great source of reference for researchers and graduate students in ecology and plant biology, as well as others with an interest in the subject.
Contents
Acknowledgements; 1. Goals, concepts and definitions; Part I. The Conceptual Background and Development of Succession: 2. History and context of the Buell-Small Succession study; 3. Succession theory; 4. Conceptual frameworks and integration: drivers and theory; Part II. Successional Patterns in the BSS Data: 5. Community patterns and dynamics; 6. Dynamics of populations through succession; 7. Impacts of drought and other disturbances on succession; 8. Dynamics of diversity; Part III. Integrative Themes: 9. Convergence and community assembly; 10. Successional equivalence of native and non-native species; 11. Heterogeneity in dynamic systems; 12. Functional ecology of community dynamics; Part IV. Synthesis: 13. Succession, habitat management and restoration; 14. Where we stand: lessons and opportunities; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Literature cited; Index.
