Plant Functional Diversity - Organism traits, community structure, and ecosystem properties (Paperback)

Biological diversity, the variety of living organisms on Earth, is traditionally viewed as the diversity of taxa, and species in particular. However, other facets of diversity also need to be considered for a comprehensive understanding of evolutionary and ecological processes. This novel book demonstrates the advantages of adopting a functional approach to diversity in order to improve our understanding of the functioning of ecological systems and their components. The focus is on plants, which are major components of these systems, and for which the functional approach has led to major scientific advances over the last 20 years. Plant Functional Diversity presents the rationale for a trait-based approach to functional diversity in the context of comparative plant ecology and agroecology. It demonstrates how this approach can be used to address a number of highly debated questions in plant ecology pertaining to plant responses to their environment, controls on plant community structure, ecosystem properties, and the services these deliver to human societies. This research level text will be of particular relevance and use to graduate students and professional researchers in plant ecology, agricultural sciences and conservation biology.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2015
Authors:	Eric Garnier (Director of Research) • Marie-Laure Navas (Professor of Ecology) • Karl Grigulis (Research Engineer)
Dimensions:	252 x 204 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-875737-5
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > Plant ecology Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-875737-9
Barcode:	9780198757375

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