Environmental physiology of plants [[electronic resource] /] / Alastair Fitter, Robert Hay

• Autore: Fitter Alastair
• Pubblicazione: San Diego, Calif., : Academic Press, c2002
• Edizione: 3rd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (396 p.)
• Disciplina: 571.2; 571.2 21
• Soggetto topico: Plant ecophysiology; Plant ecology
• Altri autori: HayRobert K. M. <1946->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-345).
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Environmental Physiology of Plants; Copyright Page; Preface to the Third Edition; Acknowledgements; Dedication; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1. Plant growth and development; 2. The influence of the environment; 3. Evolution of adaptation; 4. Comparative ecology and phylogeny; Part I: The Acquisition of Resources; Chapter 2. Energy and Carbon; 1. Introduction; 2. The radiation environment; 3. Effects of spectral distribution of radiation on plants; 4. Effects of irradiance on plants; 5. Responses to elevated carbon dioxide concentrations ; Chapter 3. Mineral nutrients1. Introduction; 2. Nutrients in the soil system; 3. Physiology of ion uptake; 4. Morphological responses; 5. Soil micro-organisms; 6. General patterns of response to soil nutrients; Chapter 4. Water; 1. Properties of water; 2. The water relations of plants and soils; 3. Adaptations favouring germination and seedling establishment in dry environments; 4. Adaptations favouring survival and reproduction under conditions of water shortage; 5. Some special problems in tree/water relations; Part II: Responses to Environmental Stress; Chapter 5. Temperature ; 1. The temperature relations of plants2. Plant adaptation and resistance to low temperature; 3. The survival of plants exposed to high temperatures; 4. Fire; Chapter 6. Toxicity; 1. The nature of toxicity; 2. Toxic environments; 3. The influence of toxins on plants; 4. Resistance to toxicity; 5. Phytoremediation: biotechnology to detoxify soils; 6. The origin of resistance: the genetic basis; Chapter 7. An Ecological Perspective; 1. The individual plant; 2. Interactions among plants; 3. Interactions between plants and other organisms; 4. Strategies; 5. Dynamics; References; Name Index ; Species IndexSubject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This is the third edition of an established and successful university textbook. The original structure and philosophy of the book continue in this new edition, providing a genuine synthesis of modern ecological and physiological thinking, while entirely updating the detailed content. New features include a fresh, unified treatment of toxicity, emphasizing common features of plant response to ionic, gaseous, and other toxins, explicit treatment of issues relating to global change, and a section on the role of fire in plant physiology and communities. The illustrations in the text are improve
• Titolo autorizzato: Environmental physiology of plants
• ISBN: 1-281-01876-7; 9786611018764; 0-08-054981-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817456003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II