Herbaceous Plant Ecology Recent Advances in Plant Ecology
This volume provides an overview of recent advances in the ecology of various kinds of non-forested ecosystems (grasslands, deserts, and wetlands) on a variety of topics, including species diversity and the factors that control species diversity, impacts
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A.G. Van der Valk Editor
Herbaceous Plant Ecology Recent Advances in Plant Ecology
Previously published in Plant Ecology Volume 201, Issue 2, 2009
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Editor A.G. Van der Valk Iowa State University Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology 141 Bessey Hall Ames IA 50011-1020 USA
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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2798-6 ISBN: 978-90-481-2797-9
e-ISBN: 978-90-481-2798-6
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Contents
Plant species richness and diversity of the serpentine areas on the Witwatersrand R.A. Reddy, K. Balkwill & T. McLellan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1–17
Temporal changes in species diversity and composition in abandoned fields in a trans-Himalayan landscape, Nepal C.B. Baniya, T. Solhøy & O.R. Vetaas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19–35
Role of desert annuals in nutrient flow in arid area of Northwestern China: a nutrient reservoir and provider B.-M. Chen, G.-X. Wang & S.-L. Peng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37–45
The effects of fire frequency and grazing on tallgrass prairie productivity and plant composition are mediated through bud bank demography H.J. Dalgleish & D.C. Hartnett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47–56
Do plant functional types based on leaf dry matter content allow characterizing native grass species and grasslands for herbage growth pattern? M. Duru, R. Al Haj Khaled, C. Ducourtieux, J.P. Theau, F.L.F. de Quadros & P. Cruz . . . . . . . . .
57–69
Clonal growth strategies in simultaneously persistent and expanding Trifolium repens patches L. Johansen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
71–80
California native and exotic perennial grasses differ in their response to soil nitrogen, exotic annual grass density, and order of emergence J.K. Abraham, J.D. Corbin & C.M. D’Antonio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
81–92
Do seed and microsite limitation interact with seed size in determining invasion patterns in flooding Pampa grasslands? L.P. Herrera & P. Laterra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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