Farewell to the Internal Clock A contribution in the field of chronobiology /

• Main Author: Klein, Gunter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Neurosciences.; Behavioral sciences.; Cell biology.; Nature.; Environment.; Life Sciences.; Life Sciences, general.; Cell Biology.; Biomedicine general.; Behavioral Sciences.; Popular Science in Nature and Environment.

Nearly everything making up what we call the “environment” of a plant has an infuence on the way it grows. Sunlight, te- perature, moisture contents of soil and atmosphere and vib- tions are all obvious examples of environmental components, and transient variations in their amount or intensity lead...

Table of Contents:

• In the beginning was the leaf
• Chronobiology today
• The Moon and chronobiology
• Location and mode of operation of the “internal clock”
• The mistake concerning the “internal clock” of the bean
• Does the “lunar clock” also tick for animals and human beings?.