Langbeschreibung
This completely updated and revised second edition provides a unique and up-to-date treatment of all aspects of plant ecology, making it an ideal textbook and reference work for students, researchers and practitioners.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction.- General Themes of Molecular Stress Physiology.- Light.- Temperature.- Oxygen Deficiency.- Water Deficiency (Drought).- Adverse Soil Mineral Availability.- Biotic Stress.- Thermal Balance of Plants and Plant Communities.- Water Relations.- Nutrient Relations.- Carbon Relations.- Ecosystem Characteristics.- Approaches to Study Terrestrial Ecosystems.- Approaches to Model Processes at the Ecosystem Level.- Biogeochemical Fluxes in Terrestrial Ecosystems.- Development of Plant Communities in Time.- Spatial Distribution of Plants and Plant Communities.- Interactions between Plants, Plant Communities and the Abiotic and Biotic Environment.- Biodiversity.- Global Biogeochemical Cycles.- Dynamic Global Vegetation Models.- Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems.