Geographical Changes in Vegetation and Plant Functional Types

✍ Scribed by Andrew M. Greller, Kazue Fujiwara, Franco Pedrotti

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 369
• Series: Geobotany Studies
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book presents studies on current vegetation topics, from polar to tropical regions. It is a festschrift to mark the 70th birthday of Prof. Elgene O. Box, who has studied vegetation all over the world, both through fieldwork and modeling. It reflects a number of his interests, including basic ecological plant forms (cf ‘plant functional types’), temperate-zone forests, and evergreen versus seasonal patterns. Section 1 discusses the concept of vegetation series, while Section 2 has two global-scale chapters on plant functional traits and whether they are related more to climate or phylogeny. Section 3 has nine chapters focusing on vegetation history, regional vegetation, and how these have influenced current species organizations and distributions. Regions treated include Russia, China, the USA, Mexico and Mediterranean areas. Lastly, Section 4 addresses aspects of vegetation change and plant ecology. Every chapter in this unique book offers original ideas on the topic of vegetation, as the authors are assembled from a world-wide population of leading vegetational ecologists, whose interests range from local communities to global theoretical questions.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Evidence of a Unique Association Between Single Forest Vegetation-Types and Seral Sequences: Praise for the Concept of ‘Vegetation Series’ (Jorge Capelo)....Pages 3-18
Front Matter ....Pages 19-19
Latitudinal Variation in Plant Functional Types (Andrew N. Gillison)....Pages 21-57
Plant Eco-Morphological Traits as Adaptations to Environmental Conditions: Some Comparisons Between Different Biomes Across the World (Javier Loidi)....Pages 59-71
Front Matter ....Pages 73-73
Changes in the Landscape and Vegetation Under the Influence of Prehistoric and Historic Man in Central Europe (Richard Pott)....Pages 75-100
Sclerophyllous Versus Deciduous Forests in the Iberian Peninsula: A Standard Case of Mediterranean Climatic Vegetation Distribution (Rosario G. Gavilán, Beatriz Vilches, Alba Gutiérrez-Girón, José Manuel Blanquer, Adrián Escudero)....Pages 101-116
What Is the ‘True’ Mediterranean-Type Vegetation? (Mark A. Blumler)....Pages 117-139
Characterization of Vegetation on the Plains of European Russia (Irina N. Safronova, Tatiana K. Yurkovskaya)....Pages 141-167
Degeneration and Regression Processes in Carpinus betulus Forests of Trentino (North Italy) (Franco Pedrotti)....Pages 169-183
Phytoindicating Comparison of Vegetation of the Polish Tatras, the Ukrainian Carpathians, and the Mountain Crimea (Ya. Didukh, I. Kontar, A. Boratynski)....Pages 185-210
Beech (Fagus grandifolia) in the Plant Communities of Long Island, New York, and Adjacent Locations, and Some Comparisons Across Eastern North America (Andrew M. Greller)....Pages 211-237
Phytosociological Study of Pteroceltis tatarinowii Forest in the Deciduous-Forest Zone of Eastern China (Hai-Mei You, Kazue Fujiwara, Qian Tang)....Pages 239-280
Vegetation Ecology of Sphagnum Wetlands in Subtropical Subalpine Regions: A Case Study in Qi Zimei Mountains (Ting-Ting Li, Zheng-Xiang Wang, Yun Lei)....Pages 281-288
Front Matter ....Pages 289-289
High-Resolution Aerial Imagery for Assessing Changes in Canopy Status in Hawai‘i’s ’Ōhi‘a (Metrosideros polymorpha) Rainforest (Linda Mertelmeyer, James D. Jacobi, Hans Juergen Boehmer, Dieter Mueller-Dombois)....Pages 291-301
Plant Assemblages of Abandoned Ore Mining Heaps: A Case Study from Roşia Montană Mining Area, Romania (Anamaria Roman, Dan Gafta, Tudor-Mihai Ursu, Vasile Cristea)....Pages 303-332
Autoecological and Synecological Resilience of Angelica heterocarpa M.J. Lloyd, Observed in the Loire Estuary (France) (Kevin Cianfaglione, Frédéric Bioret)....Pages 333-346
Environmental Mapping: From Analysis Maps to the Synthesis Map (Marcello Martinelli, Franco Pedrotti)....Pages 347-359

✦ Subjects

Geography; Physical Geography; Terrestial Ecology; Plant Ecology; Conservation Biology/Ecology; Landscape Ecology