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This book is a completely revised, substantially extended treatment of the physical and biological factors that drive life in high mountains. Plant functional types are expected to provide a general ecological framework for understanding plant community composition in relation to dominant ecosystem processes, including disturbance et al. As a new feature, the text of the 4 th edition contains 12 boxes with short contributions. Morphology, distribution, functional ecology of plants. Early in the text, it provides essential information on molecular and cellular processes so that the reader can understand how they are integrated into the development and function of the plant at whole plant level. From plant functional types to plant functional traits. Extensively revised and updated, this book investigates plant structure and behavior across the ecological spectrum.
Definition, branches and scope of ecology,ecosystem ecology, ecosystem ecology, ecological factors, pollution ecology, biogeographical regions of india, vegetation types of uttarakhand, applied ecology and remote sensing, biostatistics, methods graphic and nongraphic presentation of data,1measures of dispersions and. A concluding chapter addresses new approaches to generalization in functional plant ecology, including the speciessampling problem, plant ecology strategy schemes, and phylogeny. Presenting a global and interdisciplinary approach to plant ecology, this muchawaited new edition of plants and vegetation integrates classical themes with the latest ideas. Soil biochemistry,volume 8, edited by jeanmarc bollag and g. A traitbased approach to functional plant agro ecology 367. Alpine plant life functional plant ecology of high. Click get books and find your favorite books in the online library. A traitbased approach to comparative functional plant ecology. Advances in knowledge discovery and data mining, part ii.
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