Functional plant ecology / edited by Francisco I. Pugnaire, Fernando Valladares.

Other author Pugnaire, Francisco I., 1957-
Other author Valladares, Fernando, 1965-
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoBoca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2007.
Descriptionxix, 724 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 27 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects

SeriesBooks in soils, plants, and the environment
Books in soils, plants, and the environment. ^A351675
Contents 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.
General noteRev. ed. of: Handbook of functional plant ecology / edited by Francisco I. Pugnaire, Fernando Valladares. c1999.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Other title Handbook of functional plant ecology.
LCCN 2007000591
ISBN9780849374883
ISBN084937488X

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