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The goal of this accessible book is to articulate a coherent framework that unifies life history theory with comparative functional ecology to advance prediction in plant ecology. Predicting how species respond to global change is perhaps the most important challenge of our time.
List of contents
- Prologue
- Part 1: Foundations
- 1: Perspectives on Plant Strategies
- 2: A Menagerie of Plant Strategy Models
- 3: The Dimensionality of Plant Strategy Theory
- Part 2: Demography and Life History
- 4: Plant Demography
- 5: Life History Theory Applied to Plants
- Part 3: Comparative Functional Ecology
- 6: Plant Functional Traits and the Multidimensional Phenotype
- 7: Plant Strategies Along Resource, Disturbance, and Temperature Gradients
- Part 4: The Net Effect of Traits on Fitness
- 8: Empirical Approaches to Infer Fitness from Traits
- 9: Game Theoretical Approaches to Infer Fitness from Traits
- 10: Applying Plant Strategies in Conservation and Restoration
- Part 5: The Effect of Traits on Demographic Rates
- 11: Plant Traits That Promote Growth and Enhance Survival
- 12: Plant Traits That Bolster Recruitment
- Epilogue
About the author
Daniel C. Laughlin is Associate Professor, Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, USA. His laboratory develops quantitative approaches to understand and predict how plant species and communities respond to global change. He currently teaches courses in ecological modelling and vegetation ecology, and is Associate Editor of
Ecology &
Ecological Monographs.
Summary
The goal of this accessible book is to articulate a coherent framework that unifies life history theory with comparative functional ecology to advance prediction in plant ecology. Predicting how species respond to global change is perhaps the most important challenge of our time.
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The book is a great resource for providing scholars and students alike with a fil rouge when navigating across apparently disconnected aspects of modern plant ecology.
