Herbaceous Layer in Forests of Eastern North America

Herausgeber: Gilliam, Frank

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The most comprehensive existing volume of multidisciplinary research by top ecologists on the herbaceous layer of forests.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 688
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 1066g
• ISBN-13: 9780199837656
• ISBN-10: 0199837651
• Artikelnr.: 40398269

Autorenporträt

Frank Gilliam is a Professor of Biological Sciences at Marshall University, teaching courses in ecology and plant ecology. His research interests lie at the interface between terrestrial plant communities and ecosystems.

Inhaltsangabe

* Table of Contents
* Chapter 1: The Herbaceous Layer-The Forest Between the Trees
* Frank S. Gilliam
* Chapter 2: Nutrient Relations of the Herbaceous Layer in Deciduous
Forest Ecosystems
* Robert N. Muller
* Chapter 3: Ecophysiology of the Herbaceous Layer in Temperate
Deciduous Forests
* Howard S. Neufield
* Donald R. Young
* Chapter 3 Appendix
* Chapter 4: Interactions of nutrient effects with other biotic factors
in the herbaceous layer
* Wendy B. Anderson
* Chapter 5: Mating Systems and Floral Biology of the Herb Layer: A
Survey of Two Communities and the State of our Knowledge
* Carol Goodwillie
* Claudia L. Jolls
* Chapter 6: Populations and Threats to Rare Plants of the Herb Layer
* Claudia L. Jolls
* Dennis Whigham
* Chapter 6 Appendix 1
* Chapter 6 Appendix 2
* Chapter 7: The Herbaceous Layer of Eastern Old-Growth Deciduous
Forests
* Brian C. McCarthy
* Chapter 8: Habitat Heterogeneity and Maintenance of Species in
Understory Communities
* Susan W. Beatty
* Chapter 9: Interactions Between the Herbaceous Layer and Overstory
Canopy of Eastern Forests
* Frank S. Gilliam
* Mark R. Roberts
* Chapter 10: Herbaceous layer species richness of southeastern forests
and woodlands
* Robert K. Peet
* Kyle A. Palmquist
* Samantha M. Tessel
* Chapter 11: Temporal Patterns in Herbaceous Layer Communities of the
North Carolina Piedmont
* Robert K. Peet
* Norman L. Christensen
* Frank S. Gilliam
* Chapter 12: Composition and Dynamics of the Understory Vegetation in
the Boreal Forests of Quebec
* Louis De Grandpre¿ Yves Bergeron
* Nicole J. Fenton
* Thuy Nguyen
* Catherine Boudreault
* Pierre Grondin
* Chapter 12 Appendix
* Chapter 13: Response of the Herbaceous Layer to Disturbance in
Eastern Forests
* Mark R. Roberts
* Frank S. Gilliam
* Chapter 14: The Herbaceous Layer as a Filtering Determining Spatial
Pattern in Forest Tree Regeneration
* Lisa O. George
* Fahhri A. Bazzaz
* Chapter 15: Forest Invasions: Perceptions, Impacts and Management
Questions
* James O. Luken
* Chapter 16: Effects of Deer on Forest Herb Layers
* Donald M. Waller
* Chapter 17: A Case Study of Chronic Deer Overbrowsing Throughout the
Allegheny National Forest Region of Pennsylvania
* Walter P. Carson
* Alejandro A. Royo
* Chris J. Peterson
* Chapter 18: Long-Term Effects on Clearcutting in the Southern
Appalachians
* Julie L. Wyatt
* Miles R. Silman
* Chapter 19: Agricultural Legacies in Forest Herb Communities
* Kathryn M. Flinn
* Chapter 20: Effects of Excess Nitrogen Deposition on the Herbaceous
Layer of Eastern North American Forests
* Frank S. Gilliam
* Chapter 21: Climate Change and Forest Herbs of Temperate Deciduous
Forests
* Jesse Bellamare
* David A. Moeller
* Chapter 21 Appendix
* Chapter 22: The Dynamic Nature of the Herbaceous Layer
* Frank S. Gilliam
* References
* First Edition References