Plant Strategies and the Dynamics and Structure of Plant Communities. (Monographs in Population Biology, No. 26) - Tapa blanda

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Tilman, David

 
9780691084893: Plant Strategies and the Dynamics and Structure of Plant Communities. (Monographs in Population Biology, No. 26)
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ISBN 10: 0691084890 ISBN 13: 9780691084893
Editorial: Princeton University Press, 1988

Sinopsis

Although ecologists have long considered morphology and life history to be important determinants of the distribution, abundance, and dynamics of plants in nature, this book contains the first theory to predict explicitly both the evolution of plant traits and the effects of these traits on plant community structure and dynamics. David Tilman focuses on the universal requirement of terrestrial plants for both below-ground and above-ground resources. The physical separation of these resources means that plants face an unavoidable tradeoff. To obtain a higher proportion of one resource, a plant must allocate more of its growth to the structures involved in its acquisition, and thus necessarily obtain a lower proportion of another resource. Professor Tilman presents a simple theory that includes this constraint and tradeoff, and uses the theory to explore the evolution of plant life histories and morphologies along productivity and disturbance gradients. The book shows that relative growth rate, which is predicted to be strongly influenced by a plant's proportional allocation to leaves, is a major determinant of the transient dynamics of competition. These dynamics may explain the differences between successions on poor versus rich soils and suggest that most field experiments performed to date have been of too short a duration to allow unambiguous interpretation of their results.

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Acerca del autor

Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.

De la contraportada

This work shows how plant traits, such as relative growth rate, seed size, maximal height, and allocation to stems, roots and leaves, should depend on the productivity and disturbance rate of habitat.

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Editorial
Princeton University Press
Año de publicación
1988
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0691084890
ISBN 13 
9780691084893
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
374
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Otras ediciones populares con el mismo título

9780691084886: Plant Strategies and the Dynamics and Structure of Plant Communities (Monographs in Population Biology, 26)

Edición Destacada

ISBN 10:  0691084882 ISBN 13:  9780691084886
Editorial: Princeton University Press, 1988
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