Pugnaire / Valladares Functional Plant Ecology, Second Edition

2. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-4200-0762-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 744 Seiten

Reihe: Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment

Following in the footsteps of the successful first edition, Functional Plant Ecology, Second Edition remains the most authoritative resource in this multidisciplinary field. Extensively revised and updated, this book investigates plant structure and behavior across the ecological spectrum. It features the ecology and evolution of plant crowns and addresses approaches to generalization in functional plant ecology, including the species-sampling problem, plant ecology strategy schemes, and phylogeny.

The book follows a bottom-up approach, from the more specific, detailed studies focusing on plant organs to the broadest ecosystem approaches. It offers the latest findings and research breakthroughs in plant ecology, as well as consideration of classic topics in environmental science and ecology. A wide-ranging compendium, the book investigates plant structure and behavior across the ecological spectrum, from the leaf to the ecosystem levels.

Zielgruppe

Botanists, plant scientists, ecologists, foresters, evolutionary biologists, plant pathologists, and mycologists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pugnaire, Francisco

Valladares, Fernando

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Methods in Comparative Functional Ecology
C.M. Duarte
Opportunistic Growth and Desiccation Tolerance: The Ecological Success of Poikilohydrous Autotrophs
L. Kappen and F. Valladares
Ecological Significance of Inherent Variation in Relative Growth Rate
H. Poorter and E. Garnier
The Architecture of Plant Crowns: From Design Rules to Light Capture and Performance
F. Valladares and U. Niinemets
Structure and Function of Root Systems
R.B. Jackson, W.T. Pockman, W.A. Hoffmann, T.M. Bleby, and C. Armas
Water Relations and Hydraulic Architecture
M.T. Tyree
Responses of Plants to Heterogeneous Light Environments
R.W. Pearcy
Acquisition, Use, and Loss of Nutrients
F. Berendse, H. de Kroon, and W.G. Braakhekke
Functional Attributes in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems
R. Joffre, S. Rambal, and C. Damesin
Tropical Forests: Diversity and Function of Dominant Life-Forms
E. Medina
Plant Diversity in Tropical Forests
S.J. Wright
Arctic Ecology,
S.E. Hobbie
Plant Life in Antarctica
T.G.A. Green, B. Schroeter, and L.G. Sancho
Facilitation in Plant Communities
R.M. Callaway and F.I. Pugnaire
Plant Interactions: Competition
H.L. Reynolds and T.K. Rajaniemi
Plant-Herbivore Interaction: Beyond a Binary Vision
E. Baraza, R. Zamora, J.A. Hódar, and J.M. Gómez
Ecology of Plant Reproduction: Mating Systems and Pollination
A. Traveset and A. Jakobsson
Seed and Seedling Ecology
K. Kitajima
Biodiversity and Interactions in the Rhizosphere: Effects on Ecosystem Functioning, S. Rodríguez-Echeverría
S.R. Costa, and H. Freitas
Resistance to Air Pollutants: From Cell to Community
J. Barnes, A. Davison, L. Balaguer, and E. Manrique-Reol
Canopy Photosynthesis Modeling
W. Beyschlag and R.J. Ryel
Ecological Applications of Remote Sensing at Multiple Scales
J.A. Gamon, H.-L. Qiu, and A. Sanchez-Azofeifa
Generalization in Functional Plant Ecology: The Species-Sampling Problem, Plant Ecology Strategy Schemes, and Phylogeny
M. Westoby