Shade, in ecological sense, is not merely a lack of light, but a multi-faceted phenomenon
that creates new and complex settings for community and ecosystem dynamics. Tolerating …

This chapter reviews the germination behavior of desert species as an integral trait of a
compounded strategy by which the plant adapts to arid environments. An analysis of …

How do we explain the remarkably abrupt changes that sometimes occur in nature and
society--and can we predict why and when they happen? This book offers a comprehensive …

Interactions among organisms take place within a complex milieu of abiotic and biotic
processes, but we generally study them as solitary phenomena. Complex combinations of …

Experimental evidence for positive interactions, or facilitation, among plants has increased
markedly during the last 10 years. Experiments documenting facilitation have been …

Most ecologists are not card-carrying members of either individualistic or interdependent
guilds, but our perception of plant community organization, and the way we conduct …

This completely revised, fourth edition of Introduction to Plant Population Biology continues
the approach taken by its highly successful predecessors. Ecological and genetic principles …

If plants cannot simultaneously acclimate to shade and drought because of physiological
trade‐offs, then plants are expected to be less tolerant to shading under drier conditions …

The predictability of the physical arrangement of plants, at whatever scale it is viewed, is
referred to as a spatial pattern. Spatial pattern is a crucial aspect of vegetation that has …

Harsh conditions in arid and semi‐arid environments make seedling establishment rare.
Plant recruitment in arid environments often occurs only in years with above average rainfall …