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Environmental Physiology of Plants / A. H. Fitter, R. K. M. Hay.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Experimental Botany ; v.15.Publication details: London : Academic Press, c.1981.Description: xii, 355 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0122577620 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 571.2 FIT
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Standard Loan Moylish Library Main Collection 571.2 FIT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39002000083981

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Already a widely acknowledged and successful work, this Second Edition has been extensively revised to reflect the vast amount of new literature in the field of plant physiology. The text deals with plant physiological responses to the environment, focusing on the boundary between physiology and ecology, and the treatment is largely based on North American and European examples with reference to the tropics when necessary.

Bibliography: p297-338. - Includes indexes.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface to the Third Edition
  • Acknowledgments
  • 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
  • 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
  • 3 Mineral Nutrients
  • 1 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
  • 4 Water
  • 1 Properties of Water
  • 2 The Water Relations of Plants and Soils
  • 3 Adaptations Favoring Germination and Seedling Establishment in Dry Environments
  • 4 Adaptations Favoring Survival and Reproduction Under Conditions of Water Shortage
  • 5 Some Special Problems in Tree/Water Relations
  • Part II Responses to Environmental Stress
  • 5 Temperature
  • 1 The Temperature Relations of Plants
  • 2 Plant Adaptation and Resistance to Low Temperature
  • 3 The Survival of Plants Exposed to High Temperatures
  • 4 Fire
  • 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
  • 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 Index
  • Subject Index

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