Karel Prach, Lawrence R Walker

Comparative Plant Succession Among Terrestrial Biomes of the World

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides a comparative approach to plant succession among all terrestrial biomes and disturbances, helping to reveal generalizable patterns.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 154mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 904g
• ISBN-13: 9781108472760
• ISBN-10: 1108472761
• Artikelnr.: 58817469

Autorenporträt

Karel Prach is Professor of Botany in the Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, and Senior Research Scientist at the Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Science, Czech Republic. He has published extensively in the areas of succession, restoration, river floodplains and ecology of alien plants. He is current President of the Czech Botanical Society.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Plant Succession and Biomes: 1. Introduction
2. Humans and succession
3. Terrestrial biomes
Part II. Succession by Disturbance Type: 4. Comparative approach
5. Volcanoes
6. Glaciers
7. Cyclones
8. Dunes
9. Landslides
10. Floods
11. Fire
12. Clearcuts
13. Plowed fields
14. Mines
15. Other disturbances
Part III. Synthesis: 16. Synthesis
17. Conclusions and future research challenges.