Plant functional types : their relevance to ecosystem properties and global change

Book

Plant functional types : their relevance to ecosystem properties and global change / edited by T.M. Smith, H.H. Shugart, F.I. Woodward.

Smith, T. M. (Thomas Michael), 1955- (Added Author). Shugart, H. H. (Added Author). Woodward, F. I. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0521566436 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780521566438 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0521482313 (hc)
ISBN: 9780521482318 (hc)
Physical Description: xiv, 369 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Publisher: Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:: What are functional types and how should we seek them? / H. Gitay and I.R. Noble -- Plant and ecosystem functional types / H.H. Shugart -- Plant functional types / F.I. Woodward and C.K. Kelly -- Can we use plant functional types to describe and predict responses to environmental change? / R.J. Hobbs -- Functional types in non-equilibrium ecosystems / B.H. Walker -- Categorizing plant species into functional types / M. Westoby and M. Leishman -- Functional types : testing the concept in Northern England / J.P. Grime ... [et al.] -- Plant functional types and ecosystem change in arctic tundras / G.R. Shaver ... [et al.] -- Functional types for predicting changes in biodiversity / W.J. Bond -- Defining functional types for models of desertification / J.F. Reynolds, R.A. Virginia, and W.H. Schlesinger -- Plant functional types in temperate semi-arid regions / O.E. Sala, W.K. Lauenroth, and R.A. Golluscio -- Interactions between demographic and ecosystem processes in a semi-arid and an arid grassland / W.K. Lauenroth ... [et al.] -- Plant functional types in African savannas and grasslands / R.J. Scholes ... [et al.] -- Using plant functional types in a global vegetation model / W. Cramer -- Use of plant functional type classifications to model global land cover and simulate the interactions between the terrestrial biosphere and the atmosphere / R. Leemans -- Examining the consequences of classifying species into functional types / T.M. Smith -- Ecosystem function of biodiversity / H.A. Mooney -- Defining plant functional types / F.I. Woodward, T.M. Smith, and H.H. Shugart.