Contents ....................................................... ix
List of contributors ........................................... vi
Preface ........................................................ ix
1 Vegetation ecology - an overview Eddy van der Maarel .......... 1
2 Vegetation and environment: discontinuities and continuities
M.P. Austin .................................................. 52
3 Vegetation and ecosystems Christoph Leuschner ................ 85
4 Vegetation types and their broad-scale distribution
Elgene O. & Box Kazue Fujiwara .............................. 106
5 Clonal plants in the community Brita M. Svensson,
Håkan Rydin & Bengt Å. Carlsson ............................. 129
6 Plant dispersal potential and its relation to species
frequency and co-existence
Peter Poschlod, Oliver Tackenberg & Susanne Bonn ............ 147
7 Vegetation dynamics Steward T.A. Pickett
& Mary L. Cadenasso ......................................... 172
8 Diversity and ecosystem function Jan Lepš ................... 199
9 Species interactions structuring plant communities
Jelte van Andel ............................................. 238
10 Terrestrial plant-herbivore interactions: integrating across
multiple determinants and trophic levels
Mahesh Sankaran & S.J. McNaughton .......................... 265
11 Interaction between higher plants and soil-dwelling organisms
Thomas W. Kuyper & Ron G.M. de Goede ....................... 286
12 Vegetation conservation, management and restoration
Jan P. Bakker .............................................. 309
13 Plant invasions and invasibility of plant communities
Marcel Rejmánek, David M. Richardson & Petr Pyšek .......... 332
14 Vegetation ecology and global change
Brian Huntley & Robert Baxter .............................. 356
Index ......................................................... 373
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