This textbook covers general ecology, but with the focus on the interactions between plants and their environment over a range of scales. It also emphasizes the importance of evolutionary and other historical processes for contemporary ecology. While the book is written for an undergraduate course in plant ecology, its style, coverage of the field, and contemporary perspective make it accessible and useful to others, from conservation biologists to evolutionary biologists.
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This is the only volume I have seen that contains a good treatment of evolutionary and physiological ecology, as well [as] more traditional topics such as competition and herbivory, vegetation types, and biomes. ... Overall, this useful book, beautifully laid out and well written, fills an important gap in the educational literature on plant ecology. It is up to date and quantitatively sophisticated, and it provides a nice balance between presentation of facts and concepts and narration of evocative examples. I plan to continue to use this volume in my course and recommend it highly. --Ingrid M. Parker, The Quarterly Review of Biology
Overall, The ecology of plants provides a useful and complete tool to teach plant ecology to undergraduate students. Therefore, I strongly recommend it. --Stéphane Boudreau, Écoscience --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
Overall, The ecology of plants provides a useful and complete tool to teach plant ecology to undergraduate students. Therefore, I strongly recommend it. --Stéphane Boudreau, Écoscience --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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JESSICA GUREVITCH, State University of New York at Stony Brook USA. - SAMUEL M. SCHEINER, Arizona State University USA. - GORDON A. FOX, University of South Florida USA.
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This review is from: The Ecology of Plants, Second Edition (Hardcover)
I had to purchase this book for my Plant Ecology course. I found that the book was an interesting read (if you like the subject matter). My course followed the main topic from the chapters, but not directly. The book was a great supplement to the class and by reading it I really understood the concepts. We went more indepth in some topics in class and I wish that the book covered it, because it would have been best to read about it too. I think the authors did a great job writing it so that it was interesting.
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This book is a good choice for anyone who is a beginning to an experienced Ecologist. With the content in this book you are able to retouch on some of the most common principles of plant ecology, while also reviewing the finer points in more advanced areas. This book is also serving as a great desk reference in my workplace. It would be beneficial for Ecologist, Environmentalist, or Natural Resources Specialist.
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The biological science of ecology is the study of the relationships between living organisms and their environments, the interactions of organisms with one another, and the patterns and causes of the abundance and distribution of organisms in nature. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
clonal fragmentation, log response ratio, longwave radiant energy, shortwave radiant energy, maternal sporophyte, life cycle graph, stable stage distribution, new ramets, heath bedstraw, intact vegetation, regional species pool, latent heat loss, negative water potential, neighbor species, peripheral habitats, plant demography, plant population dynamics, plant community ecology, proteoid roots, large juveniles, ductive value, most recent glaciation, soil food webs, mosaic diversity, grana stacks Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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clonal fragmentation, log response ratio, longwave radiant energy, shortwave radiant energy, maternal sporophyte, life cycle graph, stable stage distribution, new ramets, heath bedstraw, intact vegetation, regional species pool, latent heat loss, negative water potential, neighbor species, peripheral habitats, plant demography, plant population dynamics, plant community ecology, proteoid roots, large juveniles, ductive value, most recent glaciation, soil food webs, mosaic diversity, grana stacks Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, United States, New York, South America, Northern Hemisphere, New Zealand, Photo Researchers, After Schlesinger, Central America, Great Lakes, North Carolina, Cambridge University Press, Costa Rica, Great Britain, Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada, South Africa, Great Plains, Lake Michigan, Academic Press, Mojave Desert, New Hampshire, New Mexico, United Kingdom, Year Figure New!
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- The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and Patch Dynamics by Steward T.A. Pickett on 5 pages
- Design and Analysis of Ecological Experiments by Samuel M. Scheiner in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Plant Physiological Ecology by F. Stuart Chapin on page 47, page 70, and Back Matter
- On the Origin of Species (Penguin Classics) by Charles Darwin on page 19, and page 106
- Plant Physiology by Wiley in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Vegetation Ecology by Eddy van der Maarel on page 48
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