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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 highlights 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 natural and managed ecosystems. Plant Physiological Ecology, Third Edition is significantly updated, with many 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, Third Edition features several 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.Product Identifiers
PublisherSpringer Nature Switzerland A&G
ISBN-139783030296414
eBay Product ID (ePID)18046507941
Product Key Features
Number of Pages736 Pages
Publication NamePlant Physiological Ecology
LanguageEnglish
SubjectBiology
Publication Year2021
TypeTextbook
AuthorRafael S. Oliveira, Hans Lambers
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height254 mm
Item Weight1662 g
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Country/Region of ManufactureSwitzerland
Title_AuthorHans Lambers, Rafael S. Oliveira