Plant physiological ecology / Hans Lambers, Thijs L. Pons, F. Stuart Chapin,III

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Plant Physiologicalfro/oc/y, Second Edition is significantly updated, with full color illustrations and begins with the primary processes of carbón metabolism and transpon, plant water relations, and energy balance. After considering individual leaves and whole plants, these physiological processes are then scaled up to the level of the canopy. Subsequent chapters discuss mineral nutrition and the ways in which plants cope with nutrient-deficient or toxic soils. The book then looks at patterns of growth and allocation, life-history traits, and interactions between plants and other organisms. Later chapters deal with traits that affect decomposition of plant material and with the consequences of plant physiological ecology at ecosystem and global levéis. Plant Physiological Ecology, Second Edition features numerous boxed entries that extend the discussions of selected issues, a glossary, and numerous references to the primary and review literature.This significant text is suitable for use in plant ecology courses, as well as classes ranging from plant physiology to plant molecular biology