Plant physiological ecology / Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin, Thijs L. Pons

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Glosario: páginas 573-590

Foreword to Second Edition (by David T. Clarkson.. About the Authors.. Foreword to First Edition (by David T. Clarkson.. Acknowledgments.. Abbreviations.. 1. Assumptions and Approaches.. Introduction-History, Assumptions, and Approaches.. 2. Photosynthesis, Respiration, and Long-Distance Transport.. 2A. Photosynthesis.. 2B. Respiration.. 2C. Long-Distance Transport of Assimilates.. 3. Plant Water Relations.. 4. Leaf Energy Budgets: Effects of Radiation and Temperature.. 4A. The Plant's Energy Balance.. 4B. Effects of Radiation and Temperature.. 5. Scaling-Up Gas Exchange and Energy Balance from the Leaf to the Canopy Level.. 6. Mineral Nutrition.. 7. Growth and Allocation.. 8. Life Cycles: Environmental Influences and Adaptations.. 9. Biotic Influences.. 9A. Symbiotic Associations.. 9B. Ecological Biochemistry: Allelopathy and Defence against Herbivores.. 9C. Effects of Microbial Pathogens.. 9D. Parasitic Associations.. 9E. Interactions Among Plants.. 9F. Carnivory.. 10. Role in Ecosystem and Global Processes.. 10A. Decomposition.. 10B. Ecosystem and Global Processes: Ecophysiological Controls.. Glossary.. Index

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 of physiology, biochemistry, biophysics, and molecular biology. At the same time, the integrative power of physiological ecology is well suited to assess the costs, benefits, and consequences of modifying plants for human needs and to evaluate the role of plants in ecosystems. Plant Physiological Ecology, Second Edition is significantly updated, with full color illustrations and begins with the primary processes of carbon metabolism and transport, plant water relations, and energy balance. After considering individual leaves and whole plants, these physiological processes are then scaled up to the level of the canopy. Subsequent chapters discuss mineral nutrition and the ways in which plants cope with nutrient-deficient or toxic soils. The book then looks at patterns of growth and allocation, life-history traits, and interactions between plants and other organisms. Later chapters deal with traits that affect decomposition of plant material and with the consequences of plant physiological ecology at ecosystem and global levels. Plant Physiological Ecology, Second Edition features numerous boxed entries that extend the discussions of selected issues, a glossary, and numerous references to the primary and review literature. This significant new text is suitable for use in plant ecology courses, as well as classes ranging from plant physiology to plant molecular biology. eng