From plant traits to vegetation structure : chance and selection in the assembly of ecological communities /

From plant traits to vegetation structure : chance and selection in the assembly of ecological communities /

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Author / Creator:	Shipley, Bill, 1960-
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 277 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Plant ecology. Plant communities -- Mathematical models. Vegetation classification. Vegetation surveys. Plant communities -- Mathematical models. Plant ecology. Vegetation classification. Vegetation surveys. Botanical surveys. Botanical surveys.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11814682

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ISBN:	9780511656859 0511656858 9780511656309 0511656300 9780511658167 0511658168 9780511806971 0511806973 9780521117470 052111747X 9780521133555 0521133556
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"Plant community ecology has traditionally taken a taxonomical approach based on population dynamics. This book contrasts such an approach with a trait-based approach. After reviewing these two approaches, it then explains how models based on the Maximum Entropy Formalism can be used to predict the relative abundance of different species from a potential species pool. Following this it shows how the trait constraints, upon which the model is based, are necessary consequences of natural selection and population dynamics. The final sections of the book extend the discussion to macroecological patterns of species abundance and concludes with some outstanding unresolved questions."--Balogh International.
Other form:	Print version: Shipley, Bill, 1960- From plant traits to vegetation structure. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521117470

Table of Contents:

Playing with loaded dice
Population-based models of community assembly
Trait-based community ecology
Modeling trait-based environmental filters: Bayesian statistics, information theory and the maximum entropy formalism
Community dynamics, natural selection and the origin of community-aggregated traits
Community assembly during a Mediterranean succession
The statistical mechanics of species abundance distributions
Epilogue: traits are not enough.