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Structure-Function Relations of Warm Desert Plants

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  • © 1996

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Authors:
  1. Arthur Charles Gibson

    1. Department of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

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Part of the book series: Adaptations of Desert Organisms (DESERT ORGAN.)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Plant Life Forms of Warm Desert Climates

    • Arthur Charles Gibson
    Pages 1-22

  3. Functional Morphology of Nonsucculent Leaves

    • Arthur Charles Gibson
    Pages 23-43

  4. Physiological Anatomy of Nonsucculent Leaves

    • Arthur Charles Gibson
    Pages 45-89

  5. Photosynthetic Stems of Nonsucculent Plants

    • Arthur Charles Gibson
    Pages 91-116

  6. Succulent Photosynthetic Organs

    • Arthur Charles Gibson
    Pages 117-142

  7. Special Topics in Water Relations

    • Arthur Charles Gibson
    Pages 143-168

  8. Origins of Desert Structural Adaptations

    • Arthur Charles Gibson
    Pages 169-175

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 177-215
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For centuries biologists have been extremely interested in the structure of desert plants as examples of natural selection to harsh environmental conditions. Indeed, desert plants are frequently used as examples in many biology classes and textbooks to illustrate natural selection, but this has led to an unfortunate litany of errors and misconceptions about desert plant adaptations.
This new synthesis focuses on plants of lowland tropical and subtropical arid deserts. Readers will be surprised to discover that many features commonly ascribed to desert plants are rareley observed in the most common species. Instead, the typical structural adaptations of nonsucculent warm desert plants are now viewed as ways to maximize photosynthetic rate.

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"This book can be recommended to all researchers working on desert plants." Trends in Plant Sciences

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

    Arthur Charles Gibson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Structure-Function Relations of Warm Desert Plants

  • Authors: Arthur Charles Gibson

  • Series Title: Adaptations of Desert Organisms

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60979-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-64638-6Published: 10 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-60979-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1430-9432

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 216

  • Topics: Plant Physiology, Ecology, Plant Sciences

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