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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136780303321

Titolo

Autoecology and ecophysiology of woody shrubs and trees : concepts and applications / / edited by Ratikanta Maiti, Humberto González Rodríguez, Natalya Sergeevna Ivanova

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-119-10447-5

1-119-10446-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (456 pages)

Collana

THEi Wiley ebooks.

Disciplina

635.976

Soggetti

Woody plants

Woody plants - Physiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface; Bibliography; List of contributors; Chapter 1: Background; 1.1 A definition of autoecology; 1.2 A definition of ecophysiology; 1.3 Environment; 1.4 Solar radiation; 1.5 Solar radiation and vegetation; 1.6 Light requirement of tree species; 1.7 Photomorphogenesis and photoperiodism; 1.8 Photosynthesis; 1.9 Temperature; 1.10 Water relations; 1.11 Plant nutrients; 1.12 Role of nutrients in plant life; 1.13 Plant factors; 1.14 Respiration; 1.15 Phenology and ecology; 1.16 Effect of drought stress; 1.17 Ecological plasticity; 1.18 Productivity

BibliographyPart I; Chapter 2: Autoecology; 2.1 Background; 2.2 Temperate region; 2.3 Tropical rainforest; 2.4 Semiarid and arid lands; 2.5 Alpine region; Bibliography; Chapter 3: Vegetation and biodiversity; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Climate; 3.3 Hydrology; Bibliography; Chapter 4: Case study: A trip to regions of biodiversity and rainforest in Riviera Maya; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Visit to dolphin territory, playground of dolphins; 4.3 Zones of pelicans and sea ducks; 4.4 Zones of sea dives and swimming; 4.5 Return journey through Sian Ka'an reserve forest; 4.6 Food arrangement

4.7 Visit to Chichen Itza - Merida, Yucatan Peninsula4.8 Visit to



underground river, named "Cenote"; Bibliography; Chapter 5: Plant traits; 5.1 Research advances in plant traits; 5.2 Branching pattern of trees; 5.3 Tree crown architecture; 5.4 Leaf traits; 5.5 Variability in leaf canopy architecture; 5.6 Variability in leaf traits of 13 native woody species in semiarid regions of North-eastern Mexico; Bibliography; Chapter 6: Leaf traits; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Leaf anatomy; 6.3 Taxonomy; 6.4 Adaption to environments; 6.5 Leaf surface anatomy; Bibliography; Chapter 7: Wood characteristics

7.1 Introduction7.2 Different types of wood; 7.3 Wood density of a few woody species; 7.4 Wood anatomy and wood fibres; 7.5 Characterisation of wood fibres of shrubs and tree species of the Tamaulipan thornscrub, north-eastern Mexico; Bibliography; Chapter 8: Phenology; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Reproductive phenology (flowering and fruiting) of ten woody plants, north-eastern Mexico; Bibliography

Chapter 9: Phenology, morphology and variability in pollen viability of four woody species (Cordia boissieri, Parkinsonia texana, P. aculeata and Leucophyllum frutescens) exposed to environmental temperature, north-eastern Mexico9.1 Background; 9.2 Pollen viability; 9.3 Methodology; 9.4 Results and discussion; 9.5 Conclusions; Bibliography; Chapter 10: Pollen biology and plant productivity: A review; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Materials, methods and scope of the study; 10.3 Elaboration of the review; 10.4 Pollen morphology; 10.5 Pollen dispersal; 10.6 Pollen germination

10.7 Pollen load, pollination and seed production