Physiology of Woody Plants

4th Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-323-85686-7
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 460 Seiten, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 276 mm

Physiology of Woody Plants, Fourth Edition has been fully revised and updated to include the significant progress that has been made in multiple fields of tree physiology, including woody plant responses to globally changing environments, the role of woody plants in biosphere-atmosphere interactions, and generalized trait-function relationships, including the multiple specialized and insightful contributions on individual facets of tree functioning and rich genetic information that has become available since the publication of the third edition. This reference is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as practitioners and researchers seeking to learn about different aspects of tree functioning.

This fourth edition includes both the classical concepts and recent developments in the field of tree physiology, and addresses a broad audience interested in gaining a basic understanding of woody plant functioning, as well as those wanting to refresh their knowledge of developments at the forefront of tree physiology. The book offers novel insight into the functioning of multiple physiological processes in woody plants, providing a basic interdisciplinary understanding of the controls of climatic and biotic factors responsible for tree growth in current and future climates.

Zielgruppe

<p>Students and professionals in Agroforestry, agronomists, arborists, atmospheric scientists, botanists, conservation biologists, ecosystem modelers, earth system scientists, entomologists, foresters, global change biologists, horticulturists, landscape architects, plant molecular biologists, plant breeders, plant ecologists, plant geneticists, plant pathologists, plant physiologists, pomologists, and soil scientists</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Niinemets, Ulo

Pallardy, Stephen G

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemie (nichtmedizinisch)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction2. Form and structure of woody plants3. Primary metabolic pathways, key metabolites and woody plant cells4. Regulation of carbon fixation through photosynthesis5. Respiration and construction cost of biomass6. Mineral nutrition7. Water uptake and transport8. Transpiration and efficiency of water use9. Photoassimilate transport and storage of metabolites10. Regulation and timing of vegetative growth through seasons and climates11. Reproductive growth, seed dispersal and germination12. Senescence of plant organs and abscission13. Juvenile to adult transfer14. Secondary metabolic pathways, secretory structures, metabolites and defense15. Structure-function trait relationships and woody plant dispersal in current and future climates

Über Autor(innen)

Pallardy, Stephen G
Stephen Pallardy's research interests include the physiological responses of plants to water stress and comparative water relations, and the mechanisms by which seedlings of selected woody species and ecotypes are able to resist drought stress more effectively than others. The underlying motivation for that research included understanding how selective pressures that are associated with xeric habitats influence the evolution of drought adaptations among and within species and potential genetic improvements as a result.

Niinemets, Ulo
Ülo Niinemets, Ph.D. focuses on the Importance of structural features of leaves and canopy in determining species shade-tolerance in temperate deciduous woody taxa (Importance of structural features of leaves and canopy in determining species shade-tolerance in temperate deciduous woody taxa). He serves as the Chair and Professor of Crop Sciences and Plant Biology at Estonian University of Life Sciences.
Selected Honours & awards
2018, Ülo Niinemets, National Science Prize, Bio- and geosciences
2012, Ülo Niinemets, White Star Order, IV class by the President of Estonia
2011, Ülo Niinemets, Best paper award (Ecological Research) of the Japanese Ecological Society
2006, Ülo Niinemets, National Science Prize in Chemistry and molecular biology
2000, Ülo Niinemets, National Science Prize, Bio- and geosciences
Selected Scientific Activities
2012-. Science Europe Life, Environment and Geoscience (LEGS) scientific committee member
2012-. Editor of Oecologia
2010-. Editor of Frontiers in Plant Science (Frontiers in Functional Plant Ecology)