Overview
In this book, plant biology is considered from the perspective of plants and their surrounding environment, including both biotic and abiotic interactions. The intended audience is undergraduate students in the middle or final phases of their programs of study. Topics are developed to provide a rudimentary understanding of how plant-environment interactions span multiple spatiotemporal scales, and how this rudimentary knowledge can be applied to understand the causes of ecosystem vulnerabilities in the face of global climate change and expansion of natural resource use by human societies. In all chapters connections are made from smaller to larger scales of ecological organization, providing a foundation for understanding plant ecology. Where relevant, environmental threats to ecological systems are identified and future research needs are discussed. As future generations take on the responsibility for managing ecosystem goods and services, one of the most effective resources that can be passed on is accumulated knowledge of how organisms, populations, species, communities and ecosystems function and interact across scales of organization. This book is intended to provide some of that knowledge, and hopefully provide those generations with the ability to avoid some of the catastrophic environmental mistakes that prior generations have made.
Full Product Details
Author: Russell K. Monson
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition: 2014 ed.
Volume: 8
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 3.70cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 1.184kg
ISBN: 9781461475002
ISBN 10: 1461475007
Pages: 659
Publication Date: 02 October 2014
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Professional & Vocational
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
“This edited volume begins with eight introductory chapters intended to cover the breadth of these potential interactions and the importance of scale when examining interactions in both space and time. … Each chapter includes a useful abstract and most end with suggested further readings in addition to references, making this book a useful tool for students looking to delve deeper into introduced topics. … Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates, upper-division undergraduates, and graduate students.” (A. L. Jacobsen, Choice, Vol. 52 (10), June, 2015)
This edited volume begins with eight introductory chapters intended to cover the breadth of these potential interactions and the importance of scale when examining interactions in both space and time. Each chapter includes a useful abstract and most end with suggested further readings in addition to references, making this book a useful tool for students looking to delve deeper into introduced topics. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates, upper-division undergraduates, and graduate students. (A. L. Jacobsen, Choice, Vol. 52 (10), June, 2015)
Author Information
Russell K. Monson, PhD University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
