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Plant Physiological Ecology

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  1. Hans Lambers

    1. The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia

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  2. F. Stuart Chapin

    1. University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA

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  3. Thijs L. Pons

    1. Utrecht University, The Netherlands

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  • Renowned textbook suitable for plant ecology, plant physiology, and plant molecular biology courses
  • Notable for its integration of molecular-, whole plant-, and ecosystem-level processes
  • Features boxed entries that provide extended discussions of selected issues, a glossary, and an extensive bibliography
  • New edition includes full color images throughout

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
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  2. Introduction—History, Assumptions, and Approaches

    • Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin III, Thijs L. Pons
    Pages 1-9

  3. Photosynthesis

    • Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin III, Thijs L. Pons
    Pages 11-99

  4. Respiration

    • Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin III, Thijs L. Pons
    Pages 101-150

  5. Long-Distance Transport of Assimilates

    • Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin III, Thijs L. Pons
    Pages 151-162

  6. Plant Water Relations

    • Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin III, Thijs L. Pons
    Pages 163-223

  7. The Plant’s Energy Balance

    • Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin III, Thijs L. Pons
    Pages 225-236

  8. Effects of Radiation and Temperature

    • Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin III, Thijs L. Pons
    Pages 237-246

  9. Scaling-Up Gas Exchange and Energy Balance from the Leaf to the Canopy Level

    • Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin III, Thijs L. Pons
    Pages 247-254

  10. Mineral Nutrition

    • Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin III, Thijs L. Pons
    Pages 255-320

  11. Growth and Allocation

    • Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin III, Thijs L. Pons
    Pages 321-374

  12. Life Cycles: Environmental Influences and Adaptations

    • Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin III, Thijs L. Pons
    Pages 375-402

  13. Symbiotic Associations

    • Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin III, Thijs L. Pons
    Pages 403-443

  14. Ecological Biochemistry: Allelopathy and Defense Against Herbivores

    • Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin III, Thijs L. Pons
    Pages 445-477

  15. Effects of Microbial Pathogens

    • Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin III, Thijs L. Pons
    Pages 479-489

  16. Parasitic Associations

    • Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin III, Thijs L. Pons
    Pages 491-503

  17. Interactions Among Plants

    • Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin III, Thijs L. Pons
    Pages 505-531

  18. Carnivory

    • Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin III, Thijs L. Pons
    Pages 533-544

  19. Decomposition

    • Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin III, Thijs L. Pons
    Pages 545-554

  20. Ecosystem and Global Processes: Ecophysiological Controls

    • Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin III, Thijs L. Pons
    Pages 555-571
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About this book

Box 9E. 1 Continued FIGURE 2. The C–S–R triangle model (Grime 1979). The strategies at the three corners are C, competiti- winning species; S, stress-tolerating s- cies; R,ruderalspecies. Particular species can engage in any mixture of these three primary strategies, and the m- ture is described by their position within the triangle. comment briefly on some other dimensions that Grime’s (1977) triangle (Fig. 2) (see also Sects. 6. 1 are not yet so well understood. and 6. 3 of Chapter 7 on growth and allocation) is a two-dimensional scheme. A C—S axis (Com- tition-winning species to Stress-tolerating spe- Leaf Economics Spectrum cies) reflects adaptation to favorable vs. unfavorable sites for plant growth, and an R- Five traits that are coordinated across species are axis (Ruderal species) reflects adaptation to leaf mass per area (LMA), leaf life-span, leaf N disturbance. concentration, and potential photosynthesis and dark respiration on a mass basis. In the five-trait Trait-Dimensions space,79%ofallvariation worldwideliesalonga single main axis (Fig. 33 of Chapter 2A on photo- A recent trend in plant strategy thinking has synthesis; Wright et al. 2004). Species with low been trait-dimensions, that is, spectra of varia- LMA tend to have short leaf life-spans, high leaf tion with respect to measurable traits. Compared nutrient concentrations, and high potential rates of mass-based photosynthesis. These species with category schemes, such as Raunkiaer’s, trait occur at the ‘‘quick-return’’ end of the leaf e- dimensions have the merit of capturing cont- nomics spectrum.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia

    Hans Lambers

  • University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA

    F. Stuart Chapin

  • Utrecht University, The Netherlands

    Thijs L. Pons

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About the authors

Hans Lambers is Professor of Plant Ecology and Head of School of Plant Biology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Western Australia. F. Stuart Chapin III is Professor of Ecology at the Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks. Thijs L. Pons recently retired as Senior Lecturer in Plant Ecophysiology at the Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University.

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