Functional Plant Ecology
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Functional Plant Ecology

  1. 744 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Functional Plant Ecology

About this book

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 a

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Yes, you can access Functional Plant Ecology by Francisco Pugnaire, Fernando Valladares, Francisco Pugnaire,Fernando Valladares in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Ecology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2007
Print ISBN
9780849374883
eBook ISBN
9781420007626
Edition
2
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Ecology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Editors
  5. Contributors
  6. Chapter 1. Methods in Comparative Functional Ecology
  7. Chapter 2. Opportunistic Growth and Desiccation Tolerance: The Ecological Success of Poikilohydrous Autotrophs
  8. Chapter 3. Ecological Significance of Inherent Variation in Relative Growth Rate and Its Components
  9. Chapter 4. The Architecture of Plant Crowns: From Design Rules to Light Capture and Performance
  10. Chapter 5. Structure and Function of Root Systems
  11. Chapter 6. Water Relations and Hydraulic Architecture
  12. Chapter 7. Responses of Plants to Heterogeneous Light Environments
  13. Chapter 8. Acquisition, Use, and Loss of Nutrients
  14. Chapter 9. Functional Attributes in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems
  15. Chapter 10. Tropical Forests: Diversity and Function of Dominant Life-Forms
  16. Chapter 11. Plant Diversity in Tropical Forests
  17. Chapter 12. Arctic Ecology
  18. Chapter 13. Plant Life in Antarctica
  19. Chapter 14. Facilitation in Plant Communities
  20. Chapter 15. Plant Interactions: Competition
  21. Chapter 16. Plant–Herbivore Interaction: Beyond a Binary Vision
  22. Chapter 17. Ecology of Plant Reproduction: Mating Systems and Pollination
  23. Chapter 18. Seed and Seedling Ecology
  24. Chapter 19. Biodiversity and Interactions in the Rhizosphere: Effects on Ecosystem Functioning
  25. Chapter 20. Resistance to Air Pollutants: From Cell to Community
  26. Chapter 21. Canopy Photosynthesis Modeling
  27. Chapter 22. Ecological Applications of Remote Sensing at Multiple Scales
  28. Chapter 23. Generalization in Functional Plant Ecology: The Species- Sampling Problem, Plant Ecology Strategy Schemes, and Phylogeny*
  29. Index
  30. Back cover