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188 Index
disturbance ecology, vi, 2, 169
dominance, 20, 32, 37, 138
drainage, 73–81, 94, 108, 112, 136, 170
dunes, 2, 5, 9, 70, 154–155
ecohydrology, 2, 72–81
ecological assembly (see assembly), vi
ecosystem health, vi, 4
ecosystem services, 121, 177
Egler, 22
elk, 28
Eleocharis, 111
El Niño, 151
Elymus, 137
Empetrum, 54–56
energy balance, 93
England (see United Kingdom)
entropy, 92, 113
erosion, 10–11, 22–24, 29–30, 33–34, 69–70, 73–74, 84,
121, 123
establishment, 10, 23–24, 26–27
Eucalyptus, 138
Europe, 112, 124, 127, 129, 132, 135
central, 110, 112, 123–124, 129, 137
eastern, 59, 70
northern, 31, 90–115, 137, 161
western, 1, 111
eutrophication (terrestrial), 58, 94, 101, 110, 162
Everglades, 158
exergy, 92, 113
exotic species, (see invasive species)
extinction, 154, 176–177
facilitation, 5, 7, 11, 23–24, 27–29, 36–37, 141, 156, 175
Fagus, 26
fens, 90–115, 136
ferns, 9, 30, 51
fertility, 10, 31, 33, 133–134, 177
fertilization, 10, 84, 91, 94, 96, 98, 112–113, 126, 132,
174–175
Festuca, 91, 131
fields (abandoned), 90–115, 129–132
Filipendula, 98
fire, 31, 53–57, 123, 135, 158, 163
filters, 153, 157–158
floodplain, 47, 78, 135
floods, 23, 36, 113, 138, 163
folk wisdom, 172
Frangula, 135
Fraxinus, 131
functional groups (see traits)
functional redundance, 27
functional traits (see traits)
fuzzy set theory, 7
Galiopsis, 98
Galium, 91, 98
gap dynamics, 2, 141
Germany, 90–91, 106, 108, 113, 128
germination, 7–8, 11–12, 26, 108, 126, 172
glacial foreland, 27
Gleason, 5
global warming, 49
Glyceria, 91, 98
goats, 51, 53
gradient (environmental), 123, 139
grasslands, 132–133, 154, 161
grazing, 10, 21, 30–31, 71, 94–96, 103–107, 112–113,
134–135, 154, 170, 175
Grime, 20
groundwater, 72–81
guild proportionality, 153
halophytes, 76, 80
Hawaii, 10–11, 57–58
heathlands, 134–135, 161
herbivory, 5, 11, 19, 23–24, 28–29, 37, 45, 50–53, 141
heterogeneity, 2, 24, 32, 35, 113, 141
Himalayas, 10
historical factors, vi, 160, 169
holism, 5
Hungary, 132
Hurricane Katrina, 171
hydrology (see water)
Iceland, 10
Indian Ocean, iv
infertility (soil), 7–8, 20, 23–24, 26, 33, 81, 170
inhibition, 7, 10, 23–24, 28, 36, 141, 156, 175
initial floristic composition, 141
intermediate disturbance hypothesis, 107, 141
invasion biology, vi, 2, 49, 60
invasive species, 32, 45, 57–60, 121, 123, 132, 137–139,
154, 158, 162, 175
island biogeography, 2, 141
islands, 53–57
Juncus, 91, 98
Juniperus, 131
K-selection, 47
karoo, 175
landfills, 10
landscape ecology, vi, 2, 169, 173
landscapes, 12, 19–37, 175
landslides, 9, 10, 21
leaching, 9, 70, 72, 74, 76, 81, 92, 99, 102, 107–108
leaf area index, 93, 98
leaky ecosystems, 70
legacy effects, 46, 62, 169, 170
legumes, 20, 27, 29, 57
life forms, 123, 175
life history characteristics, 8, 162
light levels, 108
lightning, 54
lignin, 84
litter (e.g., leaf litter), 49–50, 52, 56, 108