CO2, Temperature, and Trees

Experimental Approaches
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-981-10-9464-4
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 4327 g

Reihe: Ecological Research Monographs

This comprehensive book discusses the ecophysiological features of trees affected by the two most prominent factors of climate change: atmospheric CO concentration and temperature. It starts with the introduction of experimental methods at the leaf, branch, the whole-tree, and tree group scales, and in the following chapters elaborates on specific topics including photosynthesis of leaves, respiration of plant organs, water use efficiency, the production of and/or distribution patterns of carbohydrates, secondary metabolites, and nutrients, anatomy of cells and tissues, height and stem-diameter growth, biomass accumulation, leaf phenology and longevity, and model ecosystems (soil-litter-plant enclosures). The current knowledge is neatly summarized, and the author presents valuable data derived from his 30 years of experimental research, some of which is published here for the first time. Using numerous examples the book answers the fundamental questions such as: What arethe interactions of elevated CO concentration and temperature on tree growth and matter partitioning? How do different tree groups react? Are there any effects on organisms living together with trees? What kinds of models can be used to interpret the results from experiments on trees?
This volume is highly recommended for researchers, postdocs, and graduate students in the relevant fields. It is also a valuable resource for undergraduate students, decision-makers in the fields of forest management and environmental protection, and any other scientists who are interested in the effect of global change on ecosystems.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Overdieck, Dieter

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenphysiologie, Photosynthese
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Forstbotanik, Baumbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction.- 2 Research methods.- 3 CO2 net assimilation of leaves.- 4 Respiration in plant compartments.- 5 Water use efficiency and stomatal conductance.- 6 Nonstructural and structural carbohydrates.- 7 Secondary metabolites.- 8 Macro- and micronutrients.- 9 Anatomy.- 10 Growth and mass.- 11 Phenology.- 12 Expanding the outlook to effects on ecosystems.- 13 Modeling responses to [CO2] and temperature.- Subject Index.- Organism Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Dieter Overdieck, Professor Technical University of Berlin, Institute of Ecology Ecology of Woody Plants, Berlin, Germany