From plant traits to vegetation structure :: chance and selection in the assembly of ecological communities /

"Plant community ecology has traditionally taken a taxonomical approach based on population dynamics. This book contrasts such an approach with a trait-based approach. After reviewing these two approaches, it then explains how models based on the Maximum Entropy Formalism can be used to predict...

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1. Verfasser: Shipley, Bill, 1960-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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Zusammenfassung:"Plant community ecology has traditionally taken a taxonomical approach based on population dynamics. This book contrasts such an approach with a trait-based approach. After reviewing these two approaches, it then explains how models based on the Maximum Entropy Formalism can be used to predict the relative abundance of different species from a potential species pool. Following this it shows how the trait constraints, upon which the model is based, are necessary consequences of natural selection and population dynamics. The final sections of the book extend the discussion to macroecological patterns of species abundance and concludes with some outstanding unresolved questions."--Balogh International.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 277 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780511656859
0511656858
9780511656309
0511656300
9780511658167
0511658168
9780511806971
0511806973

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