Plants and Uv-B - Responses to Environmental Change

Klappentext A comprehensive review of this important aspect of environmental change. Zusammenfassung A review which considers studies at a range of scales! from the level of the cell through to the level of the community. Information on ozone depletion and physical aspects of UV-B radiation complements the biological information to provide comprehensive coverage of this important aspect of environmental change. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. The Ozone Layer and UV-B Radiation: 1. Ozone depletion in the Northern Hemisphere J. Pyle; 2. Monitoring changes in UV-B radiation A. Webb; 3. Action spectra for UV-B effects on plants: monochromatic and polychromatic approaches for analysing plant responses G. Holmes; Part II. Effects of UV-B on Plants at the Cellular Level: 4. DNA damage and repair in plants R. Taylor; 5. Genetic analysis of DNA repair mechanisms A. Britt; 6. Photosynthesis and photoinhibition N. Baker; 7. UV-B effects on the expression of genes encoding proteins involved in photosynthesis S. Mackerness; 8. UV-B perception and signal transduction G. Jenkins; 9. Ultraviolet radiation as a stress factor and the role of protective pigments J. Bornman; Part III. Effects of UV-B at the Whole Plant and Community Level: 10. Effects of UV-B on aquatic ecosystems D. Hader; 11. Assessing the impact of UV-B radiation on the growth and yield of field crops J. Corlett; 12. Effects of UV-B radiation on plants from agro-ecosystems and natural ecosystems J. Rozema; 13. Effects on subarctic vegetation of enhanced UV-B radiation L. Bjorn; 14. Impacts of elevated UV-B on forest ecosystems A. McLeod; 15. Effects of ultraviolet radiation and elevated CO2 on heathland communities S. Moody; 16. Alterations in competitive balance M. Caldwell; 17. Interactions between trophic levels N. Paul; Index.

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• Authors: Peter Lumsden, Peter (University of Central Lancashire Lumsden
• Assisted by: P. J. Lumsden (Editor), Peter Lumsden (Editor), Lumsden Peter (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521114110
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11411-0
• No. of pages: 376
• Series: Society for Experimental Biolo
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works