Plant Physiological Ecology

• Main Authors: Lambers, Hans (Author), Chapin, F. Stuart (Author), Pons, Thijs L. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Ecology.; Ecosystems.; Plant ecology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Ecology.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Anatomy/Development.

The growth, reproduction, and geographical distribution of plants are profoundly influenced by their physiological ecology: the interaction with the surrounding physical, chemical, and biological environments. This textbook describes mechanisms that underlie plant physiological ecology at the levels...

Table of Contents:

• Assumptions and Approaches
• Photosynthesis, Respiration, and Long-Distance Transport
• Respiration
• Long-Distance Transport of Assimilates
• Plant Water Relations
• Leaf Energy Budgets: Effects of Radiation and Temperature
• Effects of Radiation and Temperature
• Scaling-Up Gas Exchange and Energy Balance from the Leaf to the Canopy Level
• Mineral Nutrition
• Growth and Allocation
• Life Cycles: Environmental Influences and Adaptations
• Biotic Influences
• Ecological Biochemistry: Allelopathy and Defense Against Herbivores
• Effects of Microbial Pathogens
• Parasitic Associations
• Interactions Among Plants
• Carnivory
• Role in Ecosystem and Global Processes
• Ecosystem and Global Processes: Ecophysiological Controls.