Physiological Plant Ecology I - Responses to the Physical Environment

List of contents

A.- Introduction: Perspectives in Ecological Plant Physiology.- 1 Fundamentals of Radiation and Temperature Relations.- 2 Photosynthetically Active Radiation.- 3 Responses to Different Quantum Flux Densities.- 4 Non-photosynthetic Responses to Light Quality.- 5 Responses to Photoperiod.- 6 Plant Response to Solar Ultraviolet Radiation.- 7 Responses to Ionizing Radiation.- 8 The Aquatic Environment.- 9 Responses to Light in Aquatic Plants.- 10 Responses of Macrophytes to Temperature.- 11 Responses of Microorganisms to Temperature.- 12 Responses to Extreme Temperatures. Cellular and Sub-Cellular Bases.- 13 Ecological Significance of Resistance to Low Temperature.- 14 Ecological Significance of Resistance to High Temperature.- 15 Wind as an Ecological Factor.- 16 Fire as an Ecological Factor.- 17 The Soil Environment.- Author Index.- Taxonomic Index.

Product details

• Authors: O Lange, O L Lange, O. L. Lange, P Nobel, P S Nobel, P. S. Nobel, C B et al Osmond, C. B. Osmond, H. Ziegler
• Assisted by: O. L. Lange (Editor), P. S. Nobel (Editor), C. B. Osmond (Editor), H. Ziegler (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.12.2012
• EAN: 9783642680922
• ISBN: 978-3-642-68092-2
• No. of pages: 628
• Illustrations: XVI, 628 p.
• Series: Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology / Physiological Plant Ecology; Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology; Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology / Physiological Plant Ecology; Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, New Series; Physiological Plant Ecology
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology