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- Authors:
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Hans Lambers
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The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
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F. Stuart Chapin
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University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA
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Thijs L. Pons
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Utrecht University, The Netherlands
- Renowned textbook suitable for plant ecology, plant physiology, and plant molecular biology courses
- Notable for its integration of molecular-, whole plant-, and ecosystem-level processes
- Features boxed entries that provide extended discussions of selected issues, a glossary, and an extensive bibliography
- New edition includes full color images throughout
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xxix
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- Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin III, Thijs L. Pons
Pages 1-9
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- Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin III, Thijs L. Pons
Pages 11-99
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Pages 101-150
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Pages 151-162
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Pages 163-223
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Pages 225-236
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Pages 237-246
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Pages 247-254
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Pages 255-320
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Pages 321-374
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Pages 375-402
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Pages 403-443
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Pages 445-477
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Pages 479-489
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Pages 491-503
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Pages 505-531
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Pages 533-544
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Pages 545-554
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- Hans Lambers, F. Stuart Chapin III, Thijs L. Pons
Pages 555-571
About this book
Box 9E. 1 Continued FIGURE 2. The C–S–R triangle model (Grime 1979). The strategies at the three corners are C, competiti- winning species; S, stress-tolerating s- cies; R,ruderalspecies. Particular species can engage in any mixture of these three primary strategies, and the m- ture is described by their position within the triangle. comment briefly on some other dimensions that Grime’s (1977) triangle (Fig. 2) (see also Sects. 6. 1 are not yet so well understood. and 6. 3 of Chapter 7 on growth and allocation) is a two-dimensional scheme. A C—S axis (Com- tition-winning species to Stress-tolerating spe- Leaf Economics Spectrum cies) reflects adaptation to favorable vs. unfavorable sites for plant growth, and an R- Five traits that are coordinated across species are axis (Ruderal species) reflects adaptation to leaf mass per area (LMA), leaf life-span, leaf N disturbance. concentration, and potential photosynthesis and dark respiration on a mass basis. In the five-trait Trait-Dimensions space,79%ofallvariation worldwideliesalonga single main axis (Fig. 33 of Chapter 2A on photo- A recent trend in plant strategy thinking has synthesis; Wright et al. 2004). Species with low been trait-dimensions, that is, spectra of varia- LMA tend to have short leaf life-spans, high leaf tion with respect to measurable traits. Compared nutrient concentrations, and high potential rates of mass-based photosynthesis. These species with category schemes, such as Raunkiaer’s, trait occur at the ‘‘quick-return’’ end of the leaf e- dimensions have the merit of capturing cont- nomics spectrum.
Authors and Affiliations
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The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
Hans Lambers
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University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA
F. Stuart Chapin
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Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Thijs L. Pons
About the authors
Hans Lambers is Professor of Plant Ecology and Head of School of Plant Biology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Western Australia. F. Stuart Chapin III is Professor of Ecology at the Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks. Thijs L. Pons recently retired as Senior Lecturer in Plant Ecophysiology at the Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University.