Physiological Plant Ecology II

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. Introduction

   • O. L. Lange, P. S. Nobel, C. B. Osmond, H. Ziegler

   Pages 1-4

3. Water in the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum

   • J. B. Passioura

   Pages 5-33

4. Water in Tissues and Cells

   • M. T. Tyree, P. G. Jarvis

   Pages 35-77

5. Water Uptake and Flow in Roots

   • P. E. Weatherley

   Pages 79-109

6. Water Uptake by Organs Other Than Roots

   • P. W. Rundel

   Pages 111-134

7. Transport and Storage of Water

   • M. H. Zimmermann, J. A. Milburn

   Pages 135-151

8. Resistance of Plant Surfaces to Water Loss: Transport Properties of Cutin, Suberin and Associated Lipids

   • J. Schönherr

   Pages 153-179

9. Stomatal Responses, Water Loss and CO2 Assimilation Rates of Plants in Contrasting Environments

   • E.-D. Schulze, A. E. Hall

   Pages 181-230

10. Mathematical Models of Plant Water Loss and Plant Water Relations

    • A. E. Hall

    Pages 231-261

11. Physiological Responses to Moderate Water Stress

    • K. J. Bradford, T. C. Hsiao

    Pages 263-324

12. Desiccation-Tolerance

    • J. D. Bewley, J. E. Krochko

    Pages 325-378

13. Frost-Drought and Its Ecological Significance

    • W. Tranquillini

    Pages 379-400

14. Water Relations in the Germination of Seeds

    • D. Koller, A. Hadas

    Pages 401-431

15. Environmental Aspects of the Germination of Spores

    • A. S. Sussman, H. A. Douthit Jr.

    Pages 433-451

16. Physiological Responses to Flooding

    • R. M. M. Crawford

    Pages 453-477

17. Functional Significance of Different Pathways of CO2 Fixation in Photosynthesis

    • C. B. Osmond, K. Winter, H. Ziegler

    Pages 479-547

18. Modelling of Photosynthetic Response to Environmental Conditions

    • G. D. Farquhar, S. von Caemmerer

    Pages 549-587

19. Regulation of Water Use in Relation to Carbon Gain in Higher Plants

    • I. R. Cowan

    Pages 589-613

20. Plant Life Forms and Their Carbon, Water and Nutrient Relations

    • E.-D. Schulze

    Pages 615-676

O. L. LANGE, P. S. NOBEL, C. B. OSMOND, and H. ZIEGLER In the original series of the Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, plant water relations and photosynthesis were treated separately, and the connection between phenomena was only considered in special chapters. O. STOCKER edited Vol­ ume III, Pjlanze und Wasser/Water Relations of Plants in 1956, and 4 years later, Volume V, Parts I and 2, Die COrAssimilation/The Assimilation of Carbon Dioxide appeared, edited by A. PIRSON. Until recently, there has also been a tendency to cover these aspects of plant physiology separately in most text­ books. Without doubt, this separation is justifiable. If one is specifically inter­ ested, for example in photosynthetic electron transport, in details of photophos­ phorylation, or in carbon metabolism in the Calvin cycle, it is not necessary to ask how these processes relate to the water relations of the plant. Accordingly, this separate coverage has been maintained in the New Series of the Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology. The two volumes devoted exclusively to photosynthesis are Volume 5, Photosynthesis I, edited by A. TREBST and M. AVRON, and Volume 6, Photosynthesis II, edited by M. GIBBS and E. LATZKO. When consider­ ing carbon assimilation and plant water relations from an ecological point of view, however, we have to recognize that this separation is arbitrary.

• Assimilat
• Photosynthese
• Plant physiology
• Wasserhaushalt
• Wasserhaushalt (Physiol.)
• carbon
• ecology
• metabolism
• photosynthesis
• physiology
• plant
• transport
• water

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

  O. L. Lange

• Department of Biology, Division of Environmental Biology of the Laboratory of Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

  P. S. Nobel

• Department of Environmental Biology, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra City, Australia

  C. B. Osmond

• Institut für Botanik und Mikrobiologie der Technischen Universität München, München 2, Germany

  H. Ziegler

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