Functional plant ecology
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Published: |
CRC Press,
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Publisher Address: | Boca Raton, FL |
Publication Dates: | c2007. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 2nd ed. |
Series: |
Books in soils, plants, and the environment |
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Item Description: | Handbook of functional plant ecology. |
Carrier Form: | xix, 724 p.: ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 27 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780849374883 084937488X |
Index Number: | Q948 |
CLC: | Q948.1 |
Call Number: | Q948.1/H236/2nd.ed. |
Contents: |
Rev. ed. of: Handbook of functional plant ecology / edited by Francisco I. Pugnaire, Fernando Valladares. c1999. Includes bibliographical references and index. Methods in comparative functional ecology / Carlos M. Duarte -- Opportunistic growth and desiccation tolerance : the ecological success of poikilohydrous autotrophs / Ludger Kappen and Fernando Valladares -- Ecological significance of inherent variation in relative growth rate and its components / Hendrik Poorter and Eric Garnier -- The architecture of plant crowns : from design rules to light capture and performance / Fernando Valladares and Ülo Niinemets -- Structure and function of root systems / Robert B. Jackson ... [et al.] -- Water relations and hydraulic architecture / Melvin T. Tyree -- Responses of plants to heterogeneous light environments / Robert W. Pearcy -- Acquisition, use, and loss of nutrients / Frank Berendse, Hans de Kroon, and Wim G. Braakhekke -- Functional attributes in Mediterranean-type ecosystems / Richard Joffre, Serge Rambal, and Claire Damesin -- Tropical forests : diversity and function of dominant life-forms / Ernesto Medina -- Plant diversity in tropical forests / S. Joseph Wright -- Arctic ecology / Sarah E. Hobbie -- Plant life in Antarctica / T. G. Allan Green, Burkhard Schroeter, and Leopoldo G. Sancho -- Facilitation in plant communities / Ragan M. Callaway and Francisco I. Pugnaire -- Plant interactions : competition / Heather L. Reynolds and Tara K. Rajaniemi -- Plant-herbivore interaction : beyond a binary vision / Elena Baraza ... [et al.] -- Ecology of plant reproduction : mating systems and pollination / Anna Traveset and Anna Jakobsson -- Seed and seedling ecology / Kaoru Kitajima -- Biodiversity and interactions in the rhizosphere : effects on ecosystem functioning / Susana Rodríguez-Echeverría, Sofia R. Costa, and Helena Freitas -- Resistance to air pollutants : from cell to community / Jeremy Barnes ... [et al.] -- Canopy photosynthesis modeling / Wolfram Beyschlag and Ronald J. Ryel -- Ecological applications of remote sensing at multiple scales / John A. Gamon, Hong-Lie Qiu, and Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa -- Generalization in functional plant ecology : the species-sampling problem, plant ecology strategy schemes, and phylogeny / Mark Westoby. |