Positive Interactions and Interdependence in Plant Communities

by Ragan M. Callaway

Book Overview

Positive interactions and interdependence in plant communities offers a new look at an old problem - the nature of the communities. This book marshals ecological literature from the last century on facilitation to make the case against the widely accepted "individualistic" notion of community organization. Clearly, many species in many communities would not be present without the ameliorating effects of other species. In other words, communities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048175739
• ISBN13: 9789048175734
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"