Huiskes / Blom / Rozema Vegetation between land and sea

Structure and processes
1987
ISBN: 978-94-009-4065-9
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 11, 340 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Geobotany

This book was composed in honour of Dr. Ir. W. G. Beeftink to commemorate his retirement as a plant ecologist at the Delta Institute for H ydrobiological Research, Yerseke, The Netherlands. The editors' main aim has been to collect scientific papers of Wim Beeftink's friends and colleagues. The title of the book: 'Vegetation between land and sea. Structure and processes' was originally proposed by Prof. Dr. W. H. O. Ernst. It was amended by Prof. Dr. J. J. Barkman. In our judgement it reflects the best attempt to cover the numerous and divergent contributions under one heading. Not all papers however fit the "field" covered by the title, and we use this word both literally and metaphorically. We are glad and proud that so many authors went through the strain of the production of a paper, ill' most cases not scheduled, with eagerness. Due to the fact that Wim Beeftink has so many close friends in the field of plant ecology, this fiber amicorum covers a wide range of disciplines covered, in turn, by a great variety of people. The papers range from taxonomy to experimental physiology, from fungi to seed plants, from autecology to synsystematics. Environmental pollution and management studies are also included. The contents of the papers depict Wim's personal evolution as a botanist. Retired professors as well as students are amongst the authors, heads of departments as well as technicians. It proves Wim's ability to be of one mind with all ranks.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Huiskes, A.H.L.

Blom, C.W.P.M.

Rozema, Jelte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. List of Publications of W. G. Beeftink.- 3. Salt marsh communities of three West Frisian islands, with some notes on their long-term succession during half a century.- 4. Changes in salt-marsh area in the Netherlands Wadden Sea after 1600.- 5. Utilization of different salt-marsh plant communities by cattle and geese.- 6. Ecology of salt-marsh algae in the Netherlands: A review.- 7. Fungi in intertidal regions.- 8. Synecological relations in the moist grasslands of Ballyteige Innish, Ireland.- 9. Leaf diversity of three vegetation types of Tenerife, Canary Islands.- 10. Preliminary investigations on the texture of high arctic tundra vegetation.- 11. Reflexions et observations sur le classement des végétations halophiles européennes.- 12. Decomposition of standing and fallen litter of halophytes in a Dutch salt marsh.- 13. Ecological differentiation of the microspecies Salicornia dolichostachya Moss and Salicornia ramosissima J. Woods.- 14. Ecophysiological response of Salicornia dolichostachya and Salicornia brachystachya to seawater inundation.- 15. Salicornia europaea agg. colonizing bare sand flats in the south-west of the Netherlands.- 16. Seed productivity and seed polymorphism in Aster tripolium L..- 17. The relation between the halophyte Aster tripolium and Agapanthia villosoviridescens, an insect invader of estuarine salt marshes.- 18. Aspects of seed dispersal by tidal movements.- 19. Growth and interactions of salt-marsh species under different flooding regimes.- 20. Growth and mineral relations of salt-marsh species on nutrient solutions containing various sodium sulphide concentrations.- 21. The impact of competitive interactions on the growth and distribution of plant species in salt marshes.- 22. Aspects of the population biology ofsexual dandelions in the Netherlands.- 23. Trace element correlations in the halophyte Aster tripolium from a salt marsh (Westerwaarde) of the Scheldt Estuary.- 24. Metal fluxes to coastal ecosystems and the response of coastal vegetation by.- 25. Experimental plant ecology as an approach in coastal population biology.- Index of authors cited.- Index of species.- Index of keywords.