Overview
- Physical, chemical and biological processes in plant canopies are described from basics to applications
- The chapters of the book describe the basic background of the specific topic and provides equations that are indispensable for its quantitative understanding
- The book is designed primarily for graduate students and beginning scientists interested in measuring and modeling vegetation performance
Part of the book series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration (AIPH, volume 42)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Physical Processes in Leaf Canopies
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Physiological Processes from Leaves to Canopies
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Whole-Plant Processes in Leaf Canopies
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Assessments of Vegetation Functioning
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Application to Ecological and Evolutionary Processes
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About this book
The last 30 years has seen the development of increasingly sophisticated models that quantify canopy carbon exchange. These models are now essential parts of larger models for prediction and simulation of crop production, climate change, and regional and global carbon dynamics. There is thus an urgent need for increasing expertise in developing, use and understanding of these models. This in turn calls for an advanced, yet easily accessible textbook that summarizes the “canopy science” and introduces the present and the future scientists to the theoretical background of the current canopy models.
This book presents current knowledge of functioning of plant canopies, models and strategies employed to simulate canopy function, and the significance of canopy architecture, physiology and dynamics in ecosystems, landscape and biosphere.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Canopy Photosynthesis: From Basics to Applications
Editors: Kouki Hikosaka, Ülo Niinemets, Niels P.R. Anten
Series Title: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7291-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7290-7Published: 29 December 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1326-7Published: 30 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-7291-4Published: 17 December 2015
Series ISSN: 1572-0233
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0102
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIII, 428
Number of Illustrations: 69 b/w illustrations, 56 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Physiology