Measuring Plant Diversity: Lessons from the Field

Contents......Page 18
Foreword......Page 8
PART I: THE PAST AND PRESENT......Page 20
1. Introduction......Page 22
2. History and Background, Baggage and Direction......Page 34
3. A Frameworkfor the Design of Plant Diversity Studies......Page 65
PART II: AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO SAMPLING......Page 90
4. Single-Scale Sampling......Page 92
5. Multiscale Sampling......Page 111
6. Comparing Multiscale Sampling Designs: Taking an Experimental Approach......Page 130
7. Case Study: Comparing Rangeland Vegetation Sampling Techniques......Page 137
PART III: SCALING TO LANDSCAPES......Page 158
8. Case Study on Multiphase and Multiscale Sampling......Page 160
9. Case Study: Designing a Monitoring Program for Assessing Patterns of Plant Diversity in Forests Nationwide......Page 178
10. Case Study: Patterns of Plant Invasions in Forests and Grasslands......Page 190
11. Case Study: Evaluating the Effects of Grazing and Soil Characteristics on Plant Diversity......Page 210
12. Case Study: Assessments of Plant Diversity in Arid Landscapes......Page 237
PART IV: MODELING PATTERNS OF PLANT DIVERSITY......Page 256
13. Nonspatial Statistical Modeling of Plant Diversity......Page 258
14. Spatial Analysis and Modeling......Page 273
PART V: MONITORING PLANT DIVERSITY......Page 290
15. Concepts for Assessing Temporal Changes in Plant Diversity......Page 292
16. Case Study: Monitoring Shifts in Plant Diversity in Response to Climate Change......Page 306
PART VI: RESEARCH NEEDS......Page 324
17. Case Study: Testing a Nested-Intensity Sampling Design......Page 326
18. Quantifying Trends in Space and Time......Page 342
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References......Page 362
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