Handbook of Functional Plant EcologyFrancisco Pugnaire, Fernando Valladares "Offers the latest findings and research breakthroughs in plant ecology, as well as consideration of classic topics in environmental science and ecology. This wide-ranging compendium serves as an extremely accessible and useful resource for relative newcomers to the field as well as seasoned experts. Investigates plant structure and behavior across the ecological spectrum, from the leaf to the ecosystem levels." |
Contents
Methods in Comparative Functional Ecology | 1 |
Opportunistic Growth and Desiccation Tolerance The Ecological Success of Poikilohydrous Autotrophs | 9 |
Ecological Significance of Inherent Variation in Relative Growth Rate and Its Components | 81 |
Architecture Ecology and Evolution of Plant Crowns | 121 |
The Structure and Function of Root Systems | 195 |
Water Relations and Hydraulic Architecture | 221 |
Responses of Plants to Heterogeneous Light Environments | 269 |
Acquisition Use and Loss of Nutrients | 315 |
Plant Life in Antarctica | 495 |
Ecology of Plant Reproduction Mating Systems and Pollination | 545 |
Seed and Seedling Ecology | 589 |
Facilitation in Plant Communities | 623 |
Plant Interactions Competition | 649 |
PlantHerbivore Interaction Beyond a Binary Vision | 677 |
Biological Diversity and Functioning of Ecosystems | 719 |
Resistance to Air Pollutants From Cell to Community | 735 |
Functional Attributes in Mediterraneantype Ecosystems | 347 |
Plant Survival in Arid Environments | 381 |
Tropical Forests Diversity and Function of Dominant LifeForms | 407 |
Plant Diversity in Tropical Forests | 449 |
Arctic Ecology | 473 |
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Handbook of Functional Plant Ecology Francisco Pugnaire,Fernando Valladares No preview available - 1999 |
Common terms and phrases
acclimation adaptive allocation angiosperms Antarctic Antarctica architecture arctic Biology biomass branches bryophytes canopy carbon gain cell changes Chapin CO₂ competition concentration correlated crown density desiccation diversity drought dynamics Ecophysiology ecosystems effects efficiency environmental epiphytic evolution factors Figure flux Functional Ecology Gaff gradient growth rate habitats herbivores heterogeneity increase interactions interception Journal of Botany Journal of Ecology Kappen Lange leaf area leaves lichens light environment lower mechanisms Mooney morphological mosses mycorrhizae nitrogen nutrient Oecologia Oikos patterns Pearcy photoinhibition photosynthetic phyllotaxis physiological plant communities Plant Physiology plant species plasticity poikilohydrous pollination Poorter population production radiation rainfall relative remote sensing reproduction resource response root scale seed seed predation seedlings shade shoot shrubs soil fertility spatial stem stomatal stress structure studies sunflecks temperature tion tissues traits trees tropical forests tundra understory uptake variation vascular plants vegetation water content water potential xylem
References to this book
Progress in Botany, Volume 64 Karl Esser,Ulrich Lüttge,Wolfram Beyschlag,Frank Hellwig Limited preview - 2002 |