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, c2010.
Description:xi, 277 p. : ill.
Language:English
Subject:
Plant communities -- Mathematical models.
Vegetation classification.
Vegetation surveys.
Plant communities -- Mathematical models.
Plant ecology.
Vegetation classification.
Vegetation surveys.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8209249
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ISBN:9780521117470 (cased)
9780521133555 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Playing with loaded dice
  • 2. Population-based models of community assembly
  • 3. Trait-based community ecology
  • 4. Modeling trait-based environmental filters: Bayesian statistics, information theory and the maximum entropy formalism
  • 5. Community dynamics, natural selection and the origin of community-aggregated traits
  • 6. Community assembly during a Mediterranean succession
  • 7. The statistical mechanics of species abundance distributions
  • 8. Epilogue: traits are not enough

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