Plant Ecology

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’ un...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Schulze, Ernst-Detlef, Beck, Erwin (Author), Buchmann, Nina (Author), Clemens, Stephan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2019, 2019
Edition:2nd ed. 2019
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • General Themes of Molecular Stress Physiology
  • Light
  • Temperature
  • Oxygen Deficiency
  • Water Deficiency (Drought)
  • Adverse Soil Mineral Availability
  • Biotic Stress
  • Thermal Balance of Plants and Plant Communities
  • Water Relations
  • Nutrient Relations
  • Carbon Relations
  • Ecosystem Characteristics
  • Approaches to Study Terrestrial Ecosystems
  • Approaches to Model Processes at the Ecosystem Level
  • Biogeochemical Fluxes in Terrestrial Ecosystems
  • Development of Plant Communities in Time
  • Spatial Distribution of Plants and Plant Communities
  • Interactions between Plants, Plant Communities and the Abiotic and Biotic Environment
  • Biodiversity
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Dynamic Global Vegetation Models
  • Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems