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Zusatztext "Pugnaire and Valladares have managed to pull together a wide range of subjects with the depth and breadth of a series of essays! but the accessibility of a textbook."-Annals of Biology! Oxford Journals! vol. 102 no. 5"?a well-structured handbook covering most trends in the field with interesting details. It is highly recommended not only to ecologists but to all biologists"-Photosynthetica"?an admirable job of outlining a research landscape which will likely grow in importance in the post-genomics era as plant biologists return to the long-standing question of understanding plant function diversity! or! in other words! understanding why there are so many ways of being an evolutionary successful plant."-Phytochemistry"?a highly scientific work?responds to a wide range of needs"-Advances in Horticultural Science"?is of great interest to researchers involved in sustainable forestry?definitely on the highly recommended list."-Journal of Sustainable Forestry"This volume contains comprehensive! authoritative original reviews of numerous! wide-ranging topics in this approach to plant ecology. The reviews by well-chosen! often internationally recognized experts are quite readable! on target! and very well documented ? . Almost without exception! every chapter provides an excellent! accessible perspective and introduction to the field and its current status. Highly recommended."-W. Loescher! Michigan State in CHOICE! Vol. 45! No. 9! 2008 Informationen zum Autor Fernando Valladares, Francisco Pugnaire Klappentext Following in the footsteps of the successful first edition, Functional Plant Ecology, Second Edition remains the most authoritative resource in this multidisciplinary field. Extensively revised and updated, this book investigates plant structure and behavior across the ecological spectrum. It features the ecology and evolution of plant crowns and addresses approaches to generalization in functional plant ecology, including the species-sampling problem, plant ecology strategy schemes, and phylogeny. The book follows a bottom-up approach, from the more specific, detailed studies focusing on plant organs to the broadest ecosystem approaches. It offers the latest findings and research breakthroughs in plant ecology, as well as consideration of classic topics in environmental science and ecology. A wide-ranging compendium, the book investigates plant structure and behavior across the ecological spectrum, from the leaf to the ecosystem levels. Zusammenfassung Offers findings and research breakthroughs in plant ecology. This book investigates plant structure and behavior across the ecological spectrum. It features chapters on molecular ecology as well as the ecology and evolution of plant crowns. It includes a concluding chapter that addresses approaches to generalization in functional plant ecology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Methods in Comparative Functional Ecology. Ecological Significance of Inherent Variation in Relative Growth Rate. Architecture, Ecology, and Evolution of Plant Crowns. The Structure and Function of Root Systems. Water Relations and Hydraulic Architecture. Exploitation of Changing Environments. Acquisition, Use and Loss of Nutrients. Functional Attributes in Mediterranean-type Ecosystems. Tropical Forests: Structure, Nutrition, and Functional Groups. Plant Diversity in Tropical Forests. Arctic Ecology. Plant Life in Antarctica. Plant Interactions: Facilitation. Plant Interactions: Competition. Plant-herbivore Interactions: Beyond a Binary Vision. Ecology of Reproduction. Seed and Seedling Ecology. Soil Controls of Vegetation. Resistance to Air Pollutants. Molecular Ecology. Canopy Photosynthesis Modeling. Ecological Applications of Remote Sensing at Multiple Scales. Generalization in Functional Plant Ecology: the Species-Sampling Problem, Plant Ecology Strategy Schemes, and Phylogeny....
