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From Plant Traits to Vegetation Structure: Chance and Selection in the Assembly
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- From Plant Traits to Vegetation Structure: Chance and Selection i
- Publication Date
- 2009-11-30
- Pages
- 290
- ISBN
- 9780521133555
- Subject Area
- Science
- Publication Name
- From Plant Traits to Vegetation Structure : Chance and Selection in the Assembly of Ecological Communities
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- Life Sciences / Ecology, Life Sciences / Botany
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Weight
- 16.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 290 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521133556
ISBN-13
9780521133555
eBay Product ID (ePID)
73848300
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
290 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
From Plant Traits to Vegetation Structure : Chance and Selection in the Assembly of Ecological Communities
Subject
Life Sciences / Ecology, Life Sciences / Botany
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
16.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
Reviews
'... quantitatively strong and pleasantly readable ... The time spent reading From Plant Traits to Vegetation Structure will be very well spent in preparing for the next generation of models of community assembly.' Plant Science Bulletin
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
581.782
Table Of Content
Preface; 1. Playing with loaded dice; 2. Population-based models of community assembly; 3. Trait-based community ecology; 4. Modeling trait-based environmental filters: Bayesian statistics, information theory and the maximum entropy formalism; 5. Community dynamics, natural selection and the origin of community-aggregated traits; 6. Community assembly during a Mediterranean succession; 7. The statistical mechanics of species abundance distributions; 8. Epilogue: traits are not enough.
Synopsis
This book is written for advanced undergraduates, graduates and researchers in plant ecology. Using a trait-based approach it explains how the principle of natural selection and quantitative genetics can be combined with maximum entropy methods to explain and predict the structure of plant communities., Plant community ecology has traditionally taken a taxonomical approach based on population dynamics. This book contrasts such an approach with a trait-based approach. After reviewing these two approaches, it then explains how models based on the Maximum Entropy Formalism can be used to predict the relative abundance of different species from a potential species pool. Following this it shows how the trait constraints, upon which the model is based, are necessary consequences of natural selection and population dynamics. The final sections of the book extend the discussion to macroecological patterns of species abundance and concludes with some outstanding unresolved questions. Written for advanced undergraduates, graduates and researchers in plant ecology, Bill Shipley demonstrates how a trait-based approach, can explain how the principle of natural selection and quantitative genetics can be combined with maximum entropy methods to explain and predict the structure of plant communities.
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