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Monographs in Population Biology Ser.: Plant Strategies and the Dynamics and Structure of Plant Communities by David Tilman (1988, Trade Paperback)

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Weight: 0.95 lbs. Number of Pages: 376. ISBN10: 0691084890. Publication Date: 1988-03-21. Publisher: Princeton University Press.

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691084890
ISBN-13
9780691084893
eBay Product ID (ePID)
381903

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
376 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Plant Strategies and the Dynamics and Structure of Plant Communities
Publication Year
1988
Subject
Life Sciences / Evolution, Manufacturing
Type
Textbook
Author
David Tilman
Subject Area
Technology & Engineering, Science
Series
Monographs in Population Biology Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
87-025833
Dewey Edition
19
Series Volume Number
26
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
581.5/247
Synopsis
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., 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., Providing a theory to predict the evolution of plant traits, this book explores the effects of these on plant community structure and dynamics. It also includes the constraint and tradeoff theory and suggests that most field experiments have been of too short a duration to allow unambiguous interpretation of their results.
LC Classification Number
QK910.T55 1988