Perspectives on Plant Competition

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributors, Pages xi-xii
Preface, Pages xiii-xiv, JAMES B. GRACE, DAVID TILMAN
1 - Perspectives on Plant Competition: Some Introductory Remarks, Pages 3-7, James Grace, David Tilman
2 - Apparent versus “Real” Competition in Plants, Pages 9-26, Joseph H. Connell
3 - Components of Resource Competition in Plant Communities, Pages 27-49, Deborah E. Goldberg
4 - On the Relationship between Plant Traits and Competitive Ability, Pages 51-65, James B. Grace
5 - The Application of Plant Population Dynamic Models to Understanding Plant Competition, Pages 67-91, John A. Silander Jr., Stephen W. Pacala
6 - Competition and Nutrient Availability in Heathland and Grassland Ecosystems, Pages 93-116, Frank Berendse, Wim Th. Elberse
7 - Mechanisms of Plant Competition for Nutrients: The Elements of a Predictive Theory of Competition, Pages 117-141, David Tilman
8 - Allelopathy, Koch\'s Postulates, and the Neck Riddle, Pages 143-162, G. Bruce Williamson
9 - On the Effects of Competition: From Monocultures to Mixtures, Pages 165-192, L.G. Firbank, A.R. Watkinson
10 - Phytoplankton Nutrient Competition—from Laboratory to Lake, Pages 193-213, U. Sommer
11 - Community Theory and Competition in Vegetation, Pages 215-238, M.P. Austin
12 - Plant–Plant Interactions in Successional Environments, Pages 239-263, F.A. Bazzaz
13 - Competitive Hierarchies and Centrifugal Organization in Plant Communities, Pages 265-290, Paul A. Keddy
14 - Disorderliness in Plant Communities: Comparisons, Causes, and Consequences, Pages 291-306, Norma L. Fowler
15 - The Role of Competition in Structuring Pasture Communities, Pages 307-340, Roy Turkington, Loyal A. Mehrhoff
16 - The Role of Competition in Agriculture, Pages 341-363, S.R. Radosevich, M.L. Roush
17 - The Mediation of Competition by Mycorrhizae in Successional and Patchy Environments, Pages 367-389, Edith B. Allen, Michael F. Allen
18 - The Impact of Parasitic and Mutualistic Fungi on Competitive Interactions among Plants, Pages 391-412, Keith Clay
19 - Herbivore Influences on Plant Performance and Competitive Interactions, Pages 413-444, Svaťa M. Louda, Kathleen H. Keeler, Robert D. Holt
20 - Predation, Herbivory, and Plant Strategies Along Gradients of Primary Productivity, Pages 445-474, Lauri Oksanen
Index, Pages 475-484