Edwards Plateau Vegetation: Plant Ecological Studies in Central Texas

by Bonnie B. Amos (Editor), Frederick R. Gehlbach (Editor)

Overview

Because of its large size, topographic diversity, and southcentral position in North America, Texas has a flora of some 5,480 species in 10 natural regions and at least 77 major plant associations. Central in the state's biogeographical pattern is the Edwards Plateau, a strongly dissected tableland, distinctly bordered on the east and south by the abrupt Balcones Escarpment.

This volume brings together eight studies of the Plateau originally presented at a symposium sponsored by the Southwestern Association of Naturalists. The aim is to provide an introduction to the vegetational landscape, including representative photographs, specific research about the history of vegetation patterns, and quantitative information on current structure and succession.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780918954503
Publisher:	Baylor University Press
Publication date:	02/17/1988
Pages:	154
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.46(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Bonnie Amos is a professor of Biology at Angelo State University.

Frederick R. Gehlbach is Research Professor of Biology at Baylor University.

Table of Contents

1. AN INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTS AND VEGETATION, David H. Riskind and David D. Diamond

2. VEGETATION BEFORE 1860, Del Weniger

3. FLORISTIC GEOGRAPHY OF WOODY AND ENDEMIC PLANTS, Bonnie B. Amos and Chester M. Rowell, Jr.

4. WOODY VEGETATION OF THE SOUTHEASTERN ESCARPMENT AND PLATEAU, O. W. Van Auken

5. FORESTS AND WOODLANDS OF THE NORTHEASTERN BALCONES ESCARPMENT, Frederick R. Gehlbach

6. DETERMINATION OF COMMUNITY STRUCTURE BY FIRE, Paul J. Fonteyn, M. Wade Stone, Malinda A. Yancy, John T. Baccus, and Nalini M. Nadkarni

7. GRASSLANDS, NURSE TREES, AND COEXISTENCE, Norma L. Fowler

8. LONG-TERM CHANGE IN A SEMIARID GRASSLAND, Fred E. Smeins and Leo B. Merrill

Editorial Reviews

Eight studies of the Edwards Plateau, a strongly dissected tableland in central Texas, originally presented at a symposium of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists, April 1984, Junction, Texas. Provides an introduction to the vegetational landscape, including representative photographs, specific research about the history of vegetation patterns, and quantitative information on current structure and succession. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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