Plant Canopies - Their Growth, Form and Function

Zusammenfassung This volume is a synthesis of current knowledge about the growth! development and functioning of plant canopies. Topics discussed include the meaning of canopy structure! interception of solar radiation! exchange processes! nitrogen nutrition! leaf demography and heliotropism. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of contributors; Preface; 1. The description and measurement of plant canopy structure G. S. Campbell and J. M. Norman; 2. Absorption of radiation by canopies and stand growth G. Russell; 3. Turbulent transfer in plant canopy M. R. Raupach; 4. Regional interactions between canopies and the atmosphere K. G. McNaughton; 5. Modelling the effects of nitrogen on canopy development and crop growth H. Van Keulen; 6. Canopies as populations J. L. Harper; 7. Diurnal leaf movements and productivity in canopies J. R. Ehleringer and I. N. Forseth; 8. Modules, models and meristems in plant architecture J. R. Porter; 9. Synthesis of canopy processes J. M. Norman; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Graham Russell, Graham Marshall Russell
• Assisted by: Paul G. Jarvis (Editor), Bruce Marshall (Editor), Graham Russell (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.10.1990
• EAN: 9780521395632
• ISBN: 978-0-521-39563-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Society for Experimental Biolo
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany