Grassland structure and function: California annual grassland

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Distribution and Regional Patterns of Californian Grasslands....Pages 1-12
Characterization and Analysis of Abiotic Factors and Their Influences on Vegetation....Pages 13-28
Sources of the Naturalized Grasses and Herbs in California Grasslands....Pages 29-38
Seed Production and Germination Dynamics in California Annual Grasslands....Pages 39-45
Phenology of California Grasslands....Pages 47-58
Competitive Interactions in California Annual Grasslands....Pages 59-71
Local Temporal and Spatial Structure....Pages 73-80
Comparative Ecology of Annual Grasses: Native Versus Californian Habitats and Populations....Pages 81-91
The Importance of Species Differences in the Development of Mathematical Models of California Grasslands....Pages 93-103
The Effects of Ants on Grasslands....Pages 105-116
Insect Herbivory in the Transition to California Annual Grasslands: Did Grasshoppers Deliver the Coup de Grass?....Pages 117-134
Impacts of Non-Domesticated Vertebrates on California Grasslands....Pages 135-150
Grazers, Past and Present....Pages 151-162
Simulated Water Budgets for an Annual Grassland Site in the Sierra Foothills....Pages 163-171
Management Controls on Productivity....Pages 173-199
Conservation Biology of California’s Remnant Native Grasslands....Pages 201-211
The California Annual Grassland: An Overview....Pages 213-218
Back Matter....Pages 219-221