Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Photo credits
- 1 Ecological importance of ferns
- 2 Biogeography of ferns
- 3 Ecological insights from fern population dynamics
- 4 Nutrient ecology of ferns
- 5 Fern adaptations to xeric environments
- 6 Ferns, disturbance and succession
- 7 Interactions of ferns with fungi and animals
- 8 Problem ferns: their impact and management
- 9 Fern conservation
- 10 Current and future directions in fern ecology
- Appendix A Classification system of ferns and lycophytes
- Appendix B Index to genera of ferns and lycophytes in alphabetical order
- Appendix C Geological timescale
- Glossary
- Index
- Plate section
List of contributors
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Photo credits
- 1 Ecological importance of ferns
- 2 Biogeography of ferns
- 3 Ecological insights from fern population dynamics
- 4 Nutrient ecology of ferns
- 5 Fern adaptations to xeric environments
- 6 Ferns, disturbance and succession
- 7 Interactions of ferns with fungi and animals
- 8 Problem ferns: their impact and management
- 9 Fern conservation
- 10 Current and future directions in fern ecology
- Appendix A Classification system of ferns and lycophytes
- Appendix B Index to genera of ferns and lycophytes in alphabetical order
- Appendix C Geological timescale
- Glossary
- Index
- Plate section
- Type
- Chapter
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- Fern Ecology , pp. xi - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010