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9780632054916

Physiological Plant Ecology : The 39th Symposium of the British Ecological Society, Held at the University of York, 7-9 September 1998

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  • ISBN13:

    9780632054916

  • ISBN10:

    0632054913

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-01-01
  • Publisher: Blackwell Pub
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Summary

The last decade has seen rapid and major advances in our understanding of the physiological ecology of plants. This volume contains 22 chapters that review some of these advances and new challenges. The chapters cover five broad themes: resource acquisition and utilisation; interactions between organisms; responses to global environmental changes; ecosystems; and integration and scaling. The book brings together an unrivalled collection of leading practitioners in the discipline from North America, Europe and Australia and adopts a broad approach, ranging from the molecular to the ecosystem level. It will be a valuable tool for researchers and advanced students in the discipline.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
vii
History of the British Ecological Society xi
Preface xiii
Resource acquisition and utilization
Compromising efficiency: the molecular ecology of light-resource utilization in plants
1(24)
C.B. Osmond
J.M. Anderson
M.C. Ball
J.J.G. Egerton
Acquisition, partitioning and loss of carbon
25(20)
J.F. Farrar
Resource acquisition by plants: the role of crown architecture
45(22)
R.W. Pearcy
F. Valladares
Plant responses to small perturbations in soil water status
67(24)
W.J. Davies
D.J.G. Gowing
Evolution and ecology of plant mineral nutrition
91(24)
G.R. Stewart
S. Schmidt
Roots as dynamic systems: the developmental ecology of roots and root systems
115(18)
A.H. Fitter
Interactions between organisms
The ecophysiology of mycorrhizal symbioses with special reference to impacts upon plant fitness
133(20)
D.J. Read
Measuring symbiotic nitrogen fixation: case studies of natural and agricultural ecosystems in a Western Australian setting
153(22)
J.S. Pate
M.J. Unkovich
Parasitic plants: physiological and ecological interactions with their hosts
175(24)
M.C. Press
J.D. Scholes
J.R. Watling
Herbivory
199(20)
M.J. Crawley
Responses to global environment change
SO2 pollution: a bygone problem or a continuing hazard?
219(22)
T.A. Mansfield
Terrestrial ecosystem responses to solar UV-B radiation mediated by vegetation, microbes and abiotic photochemistry
241(22)
M.M. Caldwell
P.S. Searles
S.D. Flint
P.W. Barnes
Understanding the impacts of rising CO2: the contribution of environmental physiology
263(20)
S.P. Long
Genetic vs. environmental control of ecophysiological processes: some challenges for predicting community responses to global change
283(14)
F.A. Bazzaz
K.A. Stinson
Ecosystems
Alpine plants: stressed or adapted?
297(16)
Ch. Korner
Arctic plants: adaptations and environmental change
313(18)
J.A. Lee
Ecophysiology of mangroves: challenges in linking physiological processes with patterns in forest structure
331(16)
M.C. Ball
M.A. Sobrado
Water use in arid land ecosystems
347(20)
J.R. Ehleringer
S. Schwinning
R. Gebauer
Environmental controls of gas exchange in tropical rain forests
367(24)
J. Grace
Integration and scaling
Comparative plant ecology and the role of phylogenetic information
391(24)
D.D. Ackerly
Stable isotopes reveal exchanges between soil, plants and the atmosphere
415(28)
H. Griffiths
A. Borland
J. Gillon
K. Harwood
K. Maxwell
J. Wilson
Issues when scaling from plants to globe
443(14)
F.I. Woodward
Index 457

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