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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822514203321

Autore

Gibson David J

Titolo

Grasses and grassland ecology / / David J. Gibson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-383-02478-2

9786611925291

1-281-92529-2

0-19-154609-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Collana

Oxford biology

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

581.7/4

Soggetti

Grassland ecology

Grasslands

Grasses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 2008.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-287) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Systematics and evolution -- Ecological morphology and anatomy -- Physiology -- Population ecology -- Community ecology -- Ecosystem ecology -- World grasslands -- Disturbance -- Management and restoration.

Sommario/riassunto

This text is an up-to-date and thorough account of the natural history of the plants that comprise the most important food crop on Earth, the grasses and grasslands.