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The herbaceous layer in forests of eastern North America / edited by Frank S. Gilliam and Mark R. Roberts.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forest plants--East (U.S.).
- Forest plants.
- Forest plants--Ecology--East (U.S.).
- Forest plants--Canada, Eastern.
- Forest plants--Ecology--Canada, Eastern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (425 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Focusing on the herbaceous layer of eastern forests, this volume combines perspectives from different levels of biological organization (ecophysiology to ecosystems) and forest types (from the eastern boreal forest to southeastern pine forests) into a synthesis of our knowledge of the ecology.
- Contents:
- Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction: Conceptual Framework for Studies of the Herbaceous Layer; I: The Environment of the Herbaceous Layer; 2 Nutrient Relations of the Herbaceous Layer in Deciduous Forest Ecosystems; 3 Ecophysiology of the Herbaceous Layer in Temperate Deciduous Forests; 4 Interactions of Nutrient Effects with Other Biotic Factors in the Herbaceous Layer; II: Population Dynamics of the Herbaceous Layer; 5 Populations of and Threats to Rare Plants of the Herb Layer: More Challenges and Opportunities for Conservation Biologists
- III: Community Dynamics of the Herbaceous Layer across Spatial and Temporal Scales6 The Herbaceous Layer of Eastern Old-Growth Deciduous Forests; 7 Habitat Heterogeneity and Maintenance of Species in Understory Communities; 8 Interactions Between the Herbaceous Layer and Overstory Canopy of Eastern Forests: A Mechanism for Linkage; 9 Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Herbaceous Layer Communities in the North Carolina Piedmont; 10 Composition and Dynamics of the Understory Vegetation in the Boreal Forest of Quebec; IV: Community Dynamics of the Herbaceous Layer and the Role of Disturbance
- 11 The Herbaceous Layer as a Filter Determining Spatial Pattern in Forest Tree Regeneration12 Invasions of Forests in the Eastern United States; 13 Response of the Herbaceous Layer to Disturbance in Eastern Forests; V: Synthesis; 14 The Dynamic Nature of the Herbaceous Layer: Synthesis and Future Directions for Research; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2003.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-770130-2
- 1-280-48152-8
- 9786610481521
- 1-4237-6220-7
- 0-19-534975-X
- 1-60256-988-6
- OCLC:
- 191038704
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