Plant Ecology
Authors: Schulze, E.-D., Beck, E., Buchmann, N., Clemens, S., Müller-Hohenstein, K., Scherer-Lorenzen, M.
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This completely updated and revised second edition provides a unique and up-to-date treatment of all aspects of plant ecology, making it an ideal textbook and reference work for students, researchers and practitioners.
More than 500 high-quality images and drawings, mostly in colour, aid readers’ understanding of various key topics, while the clear structure and straightforward style make it user friendly and particularly useful for students. Written by leading experts, it offers authoritative information, including relevant references.
While Plant Ecology primarily addresses graduate students in biology and ecology, it is also a valuable resource for post-graduate students and researchers in botany, environmental sciences and landscape ecology, as well as all those whose study or work touches on agriculture, forestry, land use, and landscape management.
Key Topics:
- Molecular ecophysiology (molecular stress physiology: light, temperature, oxygen deficiency, water deficit (drought), unfavorable soil mineral conditions, biotic stress)
- Physiological and biophysical plant ecology (ecophysiology of plants: thermal balance, water, nutrient, carbon relations)
- Ecosystem ecology (characteristics of ecosystems, approaches how to study and how to model terrestrial ecosystems, biogeochemical fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems)
- Community ecology and biological diversity (development of plant communities in time and space, interactions between plants and plant communities with the abiotic and the biotic environment, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning)
- Global ecology (global biogeochemical cycles, Dynamic Global Vegetation Models, global change and terrestrial ecosystems)
- About the authors
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Ernst-Detlef Schulze
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Jena, Germany
dschulze@bgc-jena.mpg.de
Erwin Beck
University of Bayreuth
Department of Plant Physiology
Bayreuth, Germany
erwin.beck@uni-bayreuth.de
Nina Buchmann
ETH Zurich
Institute of Agricultural Science
Zurich, Switzerland
nina.buchmann@usys.ethz.ch
Stephan Clemens
University of Bayreuth
Department of Plant Physiology
Bayreuth, Germany
stephan.clemens@uni-bayreuth.deKlaus Müller-Hohenstein
University of Bayreuth
Department of Biogeography
Bayreuth, Germany
kumueho@t-online.de
Michael Scherer-Lorenzen
University of Freiburg
Institute of Biology II
Freiburg, Germany
michael.scherer@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
- Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-5
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General Themes of Molecular Stress Physiology
Pages 9-55
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Light
Pages 57-90
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Temperature
Pages 91-142
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Oxygen Deficiency
Pages 143-164
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Plant Ecology
- Authors
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- Ernst-Detlef Schulze
- Erwin Beck
- Nina Buchmann
- Stephan Clemens
- Klaus Müller-Hohenstein
- Michael Scherer-Lorenzen
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-662-56233-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-662-56233-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-662-56231-4
- Edition Number
- 2
- Number of Pages
- XXI, 926
- Number of Illustrations
- 53 b/w illustrations, 527 illustrations in colour
- Topics