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Water and Plant Life

Problems and Modern Approaches

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 19)

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XX
  2. Fundamentals of Plant Water Relations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-5
    2. The Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum

      • J. J. Oertli
      Pages 32-41
  3. Back Matter

    Pages 5-5
  4. Water Uptake and Soil Water Relations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-62
    2. Root Extension and Water Absorption

      • M. M. Caldwell
      Pages 63-85
    3. Resistance to Water Flow in the Roots of Cereals

      • E. L. Greacen, P. Ponsana, K. P. Barley
      Pages 86-100
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 62-62
  6. Transpiration and Its Regulation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-136
    2. Energy Exchange and Transpiration

      • D. M. Gates
      Pages 137-147
    3. Water Permeability of Cuticular Membranes

      • J. Schönherr
      Pages 148-159
    4. Current Perspectives of Steady-state Stomatal Responses to Environment

      • A. E. Hall, E.-D. Schulze, O. L. Lange
      Pages 169-188
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 136-136
  8. Direct and Indirect Water Stress

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-206

Editors and Affiliations

  • Botanisches Institut der Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Fed. Rep. Germany

    O. L. Lange, L. Kappen

  • Lehrstuhl für Pflanzenökologie, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Fed. Rep. Germany

    E.-D. Schulze

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Water and Plant Life

  • Book Subtitle: Problems and Modern Approaches

  • Editors: O. L. Lange, L. Kappen, E.-D. Schulze

  • Series Title: Ecological Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66429-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin · Heidelberg 1976

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-66431-1Published: 07 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-66429-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0070-8356

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 538

  • Topics: Plant Physiology, Biomedicine general

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