Plant Functional Types: Their relevance to Ecosystem Properties and Global Change (Record no. 14178)

MARC details
000 -LEADER
fixed length control field 03347nam a2200277 a 4500
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 0521566436
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780521566438
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 0521482313
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780521482318
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 581.5
Item number PLA
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Smith, T M;
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Plant Functional Types: Their relevance to Ecosystem Properties and Global Change
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1st Edition
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Cambridge ; New York :
Name of publisher Cambridge University Press,
Year of publication 1997.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages xiv, 369 pages :
Other physical details illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme book series, 1
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Index Included
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note What are functional types and how should we seek them? / H. Gitay and I.R. Noble --<br/>Plant and ecosystem functional types / H.H. Shugart --<br/>Plant functional types / F.I. Woodward and C.K. Kelly --<br/>Can we use plant functional types to describe and predict responses to environmental change? / R.J. Hobbs --<br/>Functional types in non-equilibrium ecosystems / B.H. Walker --<br/>Categorizing plant species into functional types / M. Westoby and M. Leishman --<br/>Functional types : testing the concept in Northern England / J.P. Grime [and others] --<br/>Plant functional types and ecosystem change in arctic tundras / G.R. Shaver [and others] --<br/>Functional types for predicting changes in biodiversity / W.J. Bond --<br/>Defining functional types for models of desertification / J.F. Reynolds, R.A. Virginia, and W.H. Schlesinger --<br/>Plant functional types in temperate semi-arid regions / O.E. Sala, W.K. Lauenroth, and R.A. Golluscio --<br/>Interactions between demographic and ecosystem processes in a semi-arid and an arid grassland / W.K. Lauenroth [and others] --<br/>Plant functional types in African savannas and grasslands / R.J. Scholes [and others] --<br/>Using plant functional types in a global vegetation model / W. Cramer --<br/>Use of plant functional type classifications to model global land cover and simulate the interactions between the terrestrial biosphere and the atmosphere / R. Leemans --<br/>Examining the consequences of classifying species into functional types / T.M. Smith --<br/>Ecosystem function of biodiversity / H.A. Mooney --<br/>Defining plant functional types / F.I. Woodward, T.M. Smith, and H.H. Shugart.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc When predicting the effects of changing climate and carbon dioxide on plants at the global scale there is a major stumbling block: we have very little information, in many cases none, about how plants will respond in the future. In order to circumvent this problem, and until more information on species accumulates, we reduce the diversity of species to a diversity of functions and structures. The structures may be trees, shrubs, herbs and grasses. The functions may be types of photosynthetic process, the capacity to minimize water loss, and varying the timing of growth. This book brings together a first-rate team of authors to describe approaches and methods for defining these functional types in ways that maximize our potential to predict accurately the responses of real vegetation with real species diversity.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term International Geosphere-Biosphere Program "Global Changes.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term " International Geosphere-Biosphere Program "Global Changes"
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Plant ecophysiology.
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name F.I.Woodward
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name H.H.Shugart
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Reference Books
Holdings
Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Full call number Accession Number Koha item type
Reference Main Library Main Library Reference 26/04/2004 Purchased 2860.00 581.5 PLA 008883 Reference Books

© University of Vavuniya

---