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This book attempts to provide a soundly based introduction to those features of the atmospheric environment of particular relevance to plants; it also describes the physical and physiological …

Frontispiece; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition Main symbols and abbreviations; 1. A quantitative approach to plant-environment interactions; 2. Radiation; 3. Heat, mass and …

geschrieben von Hamlyn G. Jones (Autor)

Written by the leading authorities on the plant diversity and ecology of the Pacific islands, this book is a magisterial synthesis of the vegetation and landscapes of the islands of the Pacific Ocean. …

Introduction.- Western Melanesia.- Eastern Melanesia.- The Subtropical Islands in the New Zealand Region.- Micronesia.- Central Polynesia.- Western Polynesia.- Eastern Polynesia.- Northern Polynesia: …

geschrieben von D. Mueller-Dombois (Autor) und Dieter Mueller-Dombois (Autor) und Mueller-Domb (Autor)

A technical resource for landowners and conservationists as well as a handy …

geschrieben von David A. Haukos (Autor) und Loren M. Smith (Autor)

Taking readers out of the laboratory and into the humid tropical forests, this comprehensive volume explores the most recent advances occurring in tropical plant ecophysiology. Drawing on the …

I: Resource acquisition; Photosynthesis; Photosynthetic responses of tropical forest plants to contrasting light environments, R. Chazdon, R. Pearcy, D. Lee, N. Fetcher; CAM and C4 plants in the humid …

geschrieben von Stephen S. Mulkey (Autor) und Robin L. Chazdon (Autor) und Alan P. Smith (Autor)

An encyclopedia as well as an atlas, this comprehensive work describes the taxonomy, geographic distribution, and ecology of 339 plants, most of them common and characteristic trees, shrubs, or …

geschrieben von Raymond M. Turner (Autor) und Janice Emily Bowers (Autor) und Tony L. Burgess (Autor)

Mangroves and seagrasses form extensive and highly productive ecosystems that are biologically diverse and economically valuable. Part of the "Biology of Habitats" series, this edition provides a …

1. Mangroves and seagrasses; 2. Mangrove trees and their environment; 3. Seagrasses and their environment; 4. Community structure and dynamics; 5. The mangrove community: terrestrial components; 6. …

geschrieben von Peter J. Hogarth (Autor)

Considers the issues involved in fungal conservation and provides practical …

List of contributors; Preface; 1. Fungal conservation issues: recognising the problem, finding solutions David Moore, Marijke M. Nauta, Shelley E. Evans and Maurice Rotheroe; 2. Current trends and …

geschrieben von David Moore (Herausgeber) und Marijke M. Nauta (Herausgeber) und Shelley E. Evans (Herausgeber)

Sedges are key members of many Northwest ecosystems, performing critical roles in wetlands, prairies, savannas, steppes, and forests. They are often the dominant ground cover in flood plains, along …

geschrieben von Barbara L. Wilson (Autor) und Richard E. Brainerd (Autor) und Danna Lytjen (Autor)

Mineral springs - natural laboratories for the study …

Preface; 1. Sites of naturally-elevated CO2 J. Grace and P. van Gardingen; 2. Migration in the ground of CO2 and other volatile contaminants. Theory and survey G. Etiope; 3. Levels of CO2 leakage in …

geschrieben von A. Raschi (Herausgeber) und F. Miglietta (Herausgeber) und R. Tognetti (Herausgeber)

This book addresses one of the most debated and least understood revolutions in the history of our species, the change from hunting and gathering to farming. Graeme Barker takes a global view, …

1. Approaches to the origins of agriculture; 2. Understanding foragers; 3. Identifying foragers and farmers; 4. The 'hearth of domestication'? Transitions to farming in South-West Asia; 5. Central and …

geschrieben von Graeme Barker (Autor)