Geographical Changes in Vegetation and Plant Functional Types

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Greller, Andrew M. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Fujiwara, Kazue (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Pedrotti, Franco (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Geobotany Studies, Basics, Methods and Case Studies,
• Subjects: Physical geography.; Ecology .; Plant ecology.; Conservation biology.; Landscape ecology.; Physical Geography.; Terrestial Ecology.; Plant Ecology.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Landscape Ecology.

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 ec...

Table of Contents:

• Section 1. General problems of vegetation interpretation
• 1. Evidence of unique association between single forest vegetation types and seral sequences:  praise for the concept of 'vegetation series'
• Section 2. Global aspects of Plant function
• 2. Latitudinal variation in plant functional types
• 3. lant eco-morphological traits as adaptations to environmental conditions: some comparisons between different biomes across the world
• Section 3. Regional vegetation types and distribution, prehistoric landscapes
• 4. Changes in the landscape and vegetation under the influence of prehistoric and historic man in Central Europe
• 5. Sclerophyllous vs. Deciduous forests in Spain: A standard case of Mediterranean climatic vegetation distribution
• 6. What is the 'True' Mediterranean-type vegetation?
• 7. Characterization of vegetation on the plains of European Russia
• 8. Degeneration and regeneration process of Carpinus betulus forests in the Central Alps of northern Italy
• 9. Phytoindicating comparison of vegetation of the Polish Tatras, the Ukrainian Carpathians, and the Crimean Mountains
• 10. Beech (Fagus grandifolia) in the plant communities of Long Island and adjacent locations, and some comparisons across eastern North America
• 11. Phytosociological study of Pteroceltis tatarinowii forest in the deciduous-forest zone of eastern China
• 12. Vegetation ecology of Sphagnum wetlands in subtropical subalpine regions-A case study in the Qi Zimei mountains
• Section 4. Vegetation and plant ecology
• 13. High-resolution aerial imagery for assessing changes in canopy status in Hawaian
• 14. Plant assemblages of abandoned ore-mining heaps: a case study from Roşia Montană mining area, Romania 'Ōhi'a (Metrosideros polymorpha) rainforest
• 15. Autoecological and synecological resilience of Angelica heterocarpa M.J. Lloyd, observed in the Loire Estuary (France)
• 16. Environmental mapping: From analysis maps to the synthesis map.