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Plant Response to Stress

Functional Analysis in Mediterranean Ecosystems

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. John D. Tenhunen

    1. Systems Ecology Research Group, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA

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  2. Fernando M. Catarino

    1. Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

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  3. Otto L. Lange

    1. Lehrstuhl für Botanik II, der Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

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  4. Walter C. Oechel

    1. Systems Ecology Research Group, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA

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Part of the book series: Nato ASI Subseries G: (ASIG, volume 15)

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Table of contents (45 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Methods and Experimental Strategies for Assessing Mediterranean Plant Function and Response to Stress

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Gas exchange methods for characterizing the impact of stress on leaves

      • O. L. Lange, P. C. Harley, W. Beyschlag, J. D. Tenhunen
      Pages 3-25

    3. Rapid assessment of stress effects on plant leaves by chlorophyll fluorescence measurements

      • U. Schreiber, W. Bilger
      Pages 27-53

    4. Leaf absorptance and leaf angle: mechanisms for stress avoidance

      • J. R. Ehleringer, J. Comstock
      Pages 55-76

    5. Methods for studying the mechanism of water stress effects on photosynthesis

      • W. M. Kaiser
      Pages 77-93

    6. Coping with variability: Examples of tracer use in root function studies

      • M. M. Caldwell, D. M. Eissenstat
      Pages 95-106

    7. Approaches for studying the function of deep root systems

      • R. A. Virginia, W. M. Jarrell
      Pages 107-127

    8. Use of nitrogen-15 to assess terrestrial nitrogen cycling processes

      • G. M. Marion
      Pages 129-155

    9. Application of computer methods in the field to assess ecosystem function and response to stress

      • A. Cernusca
      Pages 157-164

    10. Studying long term community dynamics using image processing

      • D. Short, D. Short
      Pages 165-171

  3. Plant Water Relations and Response to Water Stress

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173
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    2. Response of two perennial grasses to water availability in different habitats related to successional change under Mediterranean climate conditions

      • J. Roy, E. Garnier, L. E. Jackson
      Pages 175-190

    3. Changes in aboveground structure and resistances to water uptake in Quercus coccifera along a rainfall gradient

      • S. Rambal, J. Leterme
      Pages 191-200

    4. Root to shoot communication of the effects of soil drying, flooding or increase salinity. A case for the involvement of plant growth regulators in a multiple chemical signal

      • W. J. Davies, P. G. Blackman, T. R. Lodge, Alexandra Rosa da Costa, Jane Metcalfe
      Pages 201-221

    5. Stomatal conductance and water relations of shrubs growing at the chaparral-desert ecotone in California and Arizona

      • M. E. Blake-Jacobson
      Pages 223-245

    6. Regulation of water use by four species of Cistus in the scrub vegetation of the Serra da Arrábida, Portugal

      • O. Correia, F. Catarino, J. D. Tenhunen, O. L. Lange
      Pages 247-258

    7. Water use by Quercus Ilex L. in forests near Barcelona, Spain

      • M. P. Comín, A. Escarré, C. A. Gracia, M. J. Lledó, R. Rabella, R. Savé et al.
      Pages 259-266

    8. Soil drying and the resulting chemical and hydraulic effects on leaf growth

      • A. Rosa da Costa, J. Metcalfe, T. A. Lodge, W. J. Davies
      Pages 267-275

  4. Photosynthesis and Primary Production under Mediterranean Climate Conditions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 277-277
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About this book

This book is dedicated to international cooperation, understanding and peace. It is the end result of several years of cooperative work between scientists of three countries: the United States, Germany, and Portugal. The work presented, however, draws from a much broader base, hopefully achieving the objective of NATO Advanced Research Workshops, which have been established to allow and stimulate the exchange of new ideas and the synthesis of information by scientists of NATO countries. The tasks of the workshop were several; to review established methodologies that have provided insight into ecosystem function and adaptations of plants in mediterranean climate zones; to examine new methodologies that have recently been applied in ecological studies and have provided new types of information; to summarize recent studies in mediterranean regions of plant water relations, photosynthesis and production, mineral nutrition, plant growth and development, and response to fire; to stimulate in particular an exchange of information among scientists of European Mediterranean countries; and to discuss means by which all of these objectives might be even more effectively achieved in the future through cooperative international research efforts. This variety of themes is clearly evident in the layout of the book. Held in Sesimbra, Portugal in October of 1985, the workshop took place in a ..

Editors and Affiliations

  • Systems Ecology Research Group, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA

    John D. Tenhunen, Walter C. Oechel

  • Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

    Fernando M. Catarino

  • Lehrstuhl für Botanik II, der Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

    Otto L. Lange

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Plant Response to Stress

  • Book Subtitle: Functional Analysis in Mediterranean Ecosystems

  • Editors: John D. Tenhunen, Fernando M. Catarino, Otto L. Lange, Walter C. Oechel

  • Series Title: Nato ASI Subseries G:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70868-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-70870-1Published: 17 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-70868-8Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0258-1256

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 668

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Ecology, Cell Biology

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