Overview
- Elucidating the factors regulating plant nutrient acquisition, the volume is central to our understanding of plant ecology and evolution
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 181)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Adaptation and evolution of terrestrial plants depend, to a large extent, on their ability to acquire nutrients. This is a modern and integrative treatment of the mechanisms controlling plant nutrient uptake and how plants respond to changes in the environment. The following key topics are covered: soil nutrient bioavailability; root responses to variations in nutrient supply; nitrogen fixation; regulation of nutrient uptake by internal plant demand; root characteristics; kinetics of nutrient uptake; root architecture; life span; mycorrhizae; responses to climate change. This integrated view helps us to understand the mechanisms that govern present-day plant communities and is indispensable in models designed to predict the response of plants to a changing climate.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"This volume of ‘Ecological Studies’ helps physiologically oriented scientists to obtain a view of their research at higher scales and/or organizational levels. For the ecologically oriented researchers … it helps to get insight in mechanisms at a smaller scale and some insight into the extensive progress in molecular-biological research. This book is really worth reading more than once because there are a lot of specific and general aspects that are not found in other books in such a broad perspective." (Dieter Horlacher, Journal of Plant Physiology, Vol. 164, 2007)
"In this book fifteen authors in twelve chapters review various factors influencing nutrient uptake by plants. … The book is a highly valuable extension of basic textbooks about nutrient acquisition by plants. I would recommend it most strongly to all ecologists who want to read a clear introductory review on each of the announced topics and as a starting source of relevant references." (Stanislav Brezina, Folia Geobotanica, Vol. 41 (4), 2006)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nutrient Acquisition by Plants
Book Subtitle: An Ecological Perspective
Editors: Hormoz BassiriRad
Series Title: Ecological Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27675-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-24186-7Published: 20 May 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-06337-4Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-27675-3Published: 30 December 2005
Series ISSN: 0070-8356
Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 348
Topics: Plant Ecology, Plant Physiology, Agriculture, Soil Science & Conservation, Plant Biochemistry