Plant Communities, Evolution of

Brian J. Enquist; Bruce H. Tiffney; John Haskell; Karl J. Niklas

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00201-X

Plant Communities, Evolution of

Brian J. Enquist, Bruce H. Tiffney, John Haskell, Karl J. Niklas

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Abstract

The patterns and processes within plant communities that underlie the fundamental mechanisms regulating and maintaining biological diversity are reviewed and evaluated. In particular, we focus on general processes or "rules" influencing the evolution of diversity within the framework of ecological communities. We do so by comparing ecological theory with patterns observed in the fossil record and in contemporary communities.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Biodiversity
Subtitle of host publication	Second Edition
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	65-75
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9780123847195
ISBN (Print)	9780123847201
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00201-X
State	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Contemporary communities
Devonian
Ecological communities
Ecological theory
Evolution of diversity
Fossil record
Geological time
Plant communities
Terrestrial plants
Vascular plants

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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