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Plant Ecology

Name: Plant Ecology
Author: Paul A. Keddy

Origins, Processes, Consequences

Paul A. Keddy

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Origins, Processes, Consequences

Paul A. Keddy

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Presenting a global and interdisciplinary approach to plant ecology, this much-awaited new edition of the book Plants and Vegetation integrates classical themes with the latest ideas, models, and data. Keddy draws on extensive teaching experience to bring the field to life, guiding students through essential concepts with numerous real-world examples and full-colour illustrations throughout. The chapters begin by presenting the wider picture of the origin of plants and their impact on the Earth, before exploring the search for global patterns in plants and vegetation. Chapters on resources, stress, competition, herbivory, and mutualism explore causation, and a concluding chapter on conservation addresses the concern that one-third of all plant species are at risk of extinction. The scope of this edition is broadened further by a new chapter on population ecology, along with extensive examples including South African deserts, the Guyana Highlands of South America, Himalayan forests and arctic alpine environments.

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Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2017

ISBN

9781316728659

Edition

Topic

Biowissenschaften

Subtopic

Ökologie

1

Plants

Create

the

Biosphere

1.1

Introduction:

The

Importance

of

Plants

1.2

The

First

Land

Plants

1.3

Energy

Flow

Organizes

Molecules

1.4

Membranes

Are

Necessary

for

Life

1.5

Eukaryotic

Cells

Originated

as

Symbioses

1.6

The

Origin

of

Photosynthesis

1.7

The

Oxygen

Revolution

Was

a

Consequence

of

Photosynthesis

1.8

The

Cambrian

Explosion

of

Multicellular

Life

1.9

Plants

Affect

Climate

1.10

Sediment

and

Ice

Cores

Provide

a

Record

of

Past

Environments

1.11

The

Biosphere

Conclusion

Review

Questions

Further

Reading

Plant

diversity.

Vegetation

types.

The

ﬁ

rst

plant

life

moves

onto

land.

Evolution

and

diversi

ﬁ

cation

of

land

plants.

Energy

ﬂ

ow.

Membranes.

The

origin

of

eukaryotes.

Photosynthesis.

The

oxygen

revolution.

The

ozone

layer.

Plants

and

climate.

The

biosphere.

FIGURE

1.1

Flowering

plants

now

dominate

the

land.

Some,

like

this

enormous

saguaro

(

Carnegiea

gigantea

),

are

even

able

to

tolerate

the

lack

of

moisture

on

this

hot

hillside

in

the

Sonoran

desert.

(Photograph

of

saguaro

cactus

and

author

by

Cathy

Keddy,

Phoenix,

Arizona,

2007.)

Saguaro

cacti

are

introduced

in

Section

7.2.1

,

while

deserts

and

barrel

cacti

are

discussed

in

Chapter

10

.