Biophysical Ecology

Klappentext This classic text discusses radiation! convection! conduction! and evaporation! surveying methods for the study of photosynthesis in plants and energy budgets in animals -- an excellent resource for a variety of fields! particularly ecology! agronomy! forestry! botany! and zoology. "Coherent and comprehensible." -- "The American Biology Teacher." 174 figures. 30 tables. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction2. Energy and Energy Budgets3. Application to Plants4. Application to Animals5. Radiation Laws! Units! and Definitions6. Solar Radiation7. Longwave and Total Radiation8. Spectral Characteristics of Radiation and Matter9. Conduction and Convection10. Evaporation and Transpiration11. Energy Budgets of Plants12. Energy Budgets of Animals13. Time-Dependent Energetics of Animals14. Photosynthesis15. Temperature and Organisms Appendixes. References. Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: BIOLOGY, David M. Gates, David Murray Gates
• Verlag: Dover Publications Inc.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.06.2003
• EAN: 9780486428840
• ISBN: 978-0-486-42884-0
• Seiten: 635
• Serien: Dover Books on Biology; Dover Books on Biology
• Thema: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Biologie > Ökologie