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Grassland structure and function

California annual grassland

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Editors:
  1. L. F. Huenneke
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  2. Harold A. Mooney

    1. Stanford University, Stanford, USA

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Part of the book series: Tasks for Vegetation Science (TAVS, volume 20)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Distribution and Regional Patterns of Californian Grasslands

    • Laura Foster Huenneke
    Pages 1-12

  3. Characterization and Analysis of Abiotic Factors and Their Influences on Vegetation

    • R. A. Evans, J. A. Young
    Pages 13-28

  4. Sources of the Naturalized Grasses and Herbs in California Grasslands

    • Herbert G. Baker
    Pages 29-38

  5. Seed Production and Germination Dynamics in California Annual Grasslands

    • James A. Young, Raymond A. Evans
    Pages 39-45

  6. Phenology of California Grasslands

    • N. R. Chiariello
    Pages 47-58

  7. Competitive Interactions in California Annual Grasslands

    • Kevin J. Rice
    Pages 59-71

  8. Local Temporal and Spatial Structure

    • James W. Bartolome
    Pages 73-80

  9. Comparative Ecology of Annual Grasses: Native Versus Californian Habitats and Populations

    • L. E. Jackson, J. Roy
    Pages 81-91

  10. The Importance of Species Differences in the Development of Mathematical Models of California Grasslands

    • T. C. Foin, G. A. J. Platenkamp
    Pages 93-103

  11. The Effects of Ants on Grasslands

    • Andrew J. Beattie
    Pages 105-116

  12. Insect Herbivory in the Transition to California Annual Grasslands: Did Grasshoppers Deliver the Coup de Grass?

    • Anthony Joern
    Pages 117-134

  13. Impacts of Non-Domesticated Vertebrates on California Grasslands

    • W. Z. Lidicker Jr.
    Pages 135-150

  14. Grazers, Past and Present

    • Frederic H. Wagner
    Pages 151-162

  15. Simulated Water Budgets for an Annual Grassland Site in the Sierra Foothills

    • William J. Parton, Louise Jackson
    Pages 163-171

  16. Management Controls on Productivity

    • J. W. Menke
    Pages 173-199

  17. Conservation Biology of California’s Remnant Native Grasslands

    • Dennis D. Murphy, Paul R. Ehrlich
    Pages 201-211

  18. The California Annual Grassland: An Overview

    • L. F. Huenneke, H. A. Mooney
    Pages 213-218

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 219-221
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About this book

The chapters in this volume are based on a opportumtles for studying the links between symposium, "California grasslands: structure abiotic and biotic components. and productivity", supported by the National The contributions in this volume illustrate Science Foundation. The primary objective of the links between population-level processes this symposium was to integrate the current and system-level phenomena in a well-studied understanding of controls on ecosystem struc­ community. Unfortunately, some areas of cur­ ture and function with the approaches of popu­ rent research (e.g., nutrient cycling) are under­ lation biology. The annual grasslands are represented in this volume. For other topics eminently suitable for experimental and manip­ (particularly the role of invertebrate con­ sumers), the lack of data from the annual grass­ ulative studies of ecosystem processes. The short lives and small stature of the component land brought a broader grassland perspective. plant species make experimental work far more Together, however, the contributions illustrate practical than in forests or even in perennial­ the importance of different ecological ap­ dominated prairies. The system's small-scale proaches in studying the controls on structure patchiness, and the obvious importance of and function of a complex system. the region's mediterranean climate in the life cycle of the annual vegetation, afford many L.F. Huenneke and H.A. Mooney Huenneke, L.F. and Mooney, H. (eds) Grassland Structure and Function: California Annual Grassland.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Stanford University, Stanford, USA

    Harold A. Mooney

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Grassland structure and function

  • Book Subtitle: California annual grassland

  • Editors: L. F. Huenneke, Harold A. Mooney

  • Series Title: Tasks for Vegetation Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3113-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-6193-659-6Published: 28 February 1989

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-3113-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0167-9406

  • Series E-ISSN: 1875-130X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 222

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Plant Ecology, Ecology

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