Scott J. Meiners

Integrative Approach to Successional Dynamics (eBook, PDF)

Tempo and Mode of Vegetation Change

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316307922
• Artikelnr.: 52921976

Autorenporträt

Scott J. Meiners is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences of Eastern Illinois University where he teaches Plant Ecology, Introductory Botany and a graduate course in biostatistics. His research interests focus on the dynamics of regenerating communities using forest, grassland and successional systems, as well as the dynamics of stream fish communities and sustainable agriculture. Since 2001, he has led the Buell-Small Succession Study, the longest continuous study of post-agricultural vegetation dynamics.

Inhaltsangabe

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.