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OverviewCovering ideas on the nature and causes of temporal change in the species composition of vegetation, this book examines in particular the diverse processes of interaction of plants with their environment and with one another, through which the species composition of vegetation becomes established. Areas covered range from the tropics to sub-polar regions and from sea shores, through deserts, grasslands and forests to alpine regions. The text focuses on the nature of reciprocal interaction between plants and their habitats and other organisms ; outlines events that occur during the colonization of new sites and consequent modifications of habitat; explores long-term consequences of change, using chrono-sequences and fossil data from wetland sites; and considers cyclical replacement sequences, direct replacements and fluctuations in the context of short-term and long-term change. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Colin BurrowsPublisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Imprint: Kluwer Academic Publishers Weight: 1.337kg ISBN: 9780045800124ISBN 10: 004580012 Pages: 560 Publication Date: October 1990 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsThe nature of vegetation and kinds of vegetation change; plants and their abiotic environment; plants and their biotic environment; vegetation development on volcanic ejecta; vegetation development on sand dunes; vegetation development on glacial deposits; influences of strong environmental pressures; patterns of vegetation change in wetlands; changes in some temperate forests after disturbance; changes in some tropical forests; processes of vegetation change; community phenomena in vegetation development; on the theory of vegetation change.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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