Author : Thomas Michael Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 31,93 MB
Release : 1997-05-13
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780521566438
This book describes approaches and methods for grouping species with similar characteristics into functional types in ways which maximise our potential to predict accurately the responses of real vegetation with real species diversity.
Author : R. Knapp
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 48,45 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401023441
During the International Botanical Congress in Edinburgh, 1964, Mrs. 1. M. WEISBACH-J UNK of The Hague discussed a plan for preparation by her publishing company (Dr. W. Junk b.v.) of an international Handbook of Vegetation Science. She proposed a series that should give a comprehensive survey of the varied directions within this science, and their achievements to date as well as their objectives for the future. The challenge of such an enterprise, and its evident value for the further development of vegetation research, induced the undersigned after some consideration to accept the offer of the honorable but also burdensome task of General Editor. The decision was encouraged by a well formulated and detailed outline for the Handbook worked out by the Dutch phytosociolo gists J. J. BARKMAN and V. WESTHOFF. A circle of scholars from numerous countries was invited by the Dr. Junk Publishing Com pany to The Hague in January 1966 to draw up a list of editors and contributors for the parts of the Handbook. The outline and list have served since for the organization of the Handbook, with no need for major change. The different burdens of editors and authors have compelled quite different timings for completion of the individual sections.
Author : Jelte Rozema
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,93 MB
Release : 2007-01-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 1402044437
This book focuses on how climate affects or affected the biosphere and vice versa both in the present and in the past. The chapters describe how ecosystems from the Antarctic and Arctic, and from other latitudes, respond to global climate change. The papers highlight plant responses to atmospheric CO2 increase, to global warming and to increased ultraviolet-B radiation as a result of stratospheric ozone depletion.
Author : Eric Garnier
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 40,69 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0198757379
Biological diversity, the variety of living organisms on Earth, is traditionally viewed as the diversity of taxa, and species in particular. However, other facets of diversity also need to be considered for a comprehensive understanding of evolutionary and ecological processes. This novel book demonstrates the advantages of adopting a functional approach to diversity in order to improve our understanding of the functioning of ecological systems and theircomponents. The focus is on plants, which are major components of these systems, and for which the functional approach has led to major scientific advances over the last 20 years. PlantFunctional Diversity presents the rationale for a trait-based approach to functional diversity in the context of comparative plant ecology and agroecology. It demonstrates how this approach can be used to address a number of highly debated questions in plant ecology pertaining to plant responses to their environment, controls on plant community structure, ecosystem properties, and the services these deliver to human societies. This research level text will be of particular relevance and use tograduate students and professional researchers in plant ecology, agricultural sciences and conservation biology.
Author : Tariq Aftab
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 27,28 MB
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 0323885888
Plant Perspectives to Global Climate Changes: Developing Climate-Resilient Plants reviews and integrates currently available information on the impact of the environment on functional and adaptive features of plants from the molecular, biochemical and physiological perspectives to the whole plant level. The book also provides a direction towards implementation of programs and practices that will enable sustainable production of crops resilient to climatic alterations. This book will be beneficial to academics and researchers working on stress physiology, stress proteins, genomics, proteomics, genetic engineering, and other fields of plant physiology. Advancing ecophysiological understanding and approaches to enhance plant responses to new environmental conditions is critical to developing meaningful high-throughput phenotyping tools and maintaining humankind's supply of goods and services as global climate change intensifies. - Illustrates the central role for plant ecophysiology in applying basic research to address current and future challenges for humans - Brings together global leaders working in the area of plant-environment interactions and shares research findings - Presents current scenarios and future plans of action for the management of stresses through various approaches
Author : Josep G. Canadell
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 35,5 MB
Release : 2007-01-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 3540327304
This book examines the impacts of global change on terrestrial ecosystems. Emphasis is placed on impacts of atmospheric, climate and land use change, and the book discusses the future challenges and the scientific frameworks to address them. Finally, the book explores fundamental new research developments and the need for stronger integration of natural and human dimensions in addressing the challenge of global change.
Author : F. I. Woodward
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,90 MB
Release : 1987-04-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521282147
Correlation between plant distribution and climate is examined over different time and space scales to determine the mechanisms of control in physiological and biochemical terms.
Author : Gordon Bonan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 34,17 MB
Release : 2019-02-21
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1107043786
Provides an essential introduction to modeling terrestrial ecosystems in Earth system models for graduate students and researchers.
Author : Evan Weiher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 39,60 MB
Release : 2001-08-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521655330
Considers the evidence for the existence of unifying rules controlling the formation and maintenance of ecological communities.
Author : Therese M. Poland
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 22,54 MB
Release : 2021-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 3030453677
This open access book describes the serious threat of invasive species to native ecosystems. Invasive species have caused and will continue to cause enormous ecological and economic damage with ever increasing world trade. This multi-disciplinary book, written by over 100 national experts, presents the latest research on a wide range of natural science and social science fields that explore the ecology, impacts, and practical tools for management of invasive species. It covers species of all taxonomic groups from insects and pathogens, to plants, vertebrates, and aquatic organisms that impact a diversity of habitats in forests, rangelands and grasslands of the United States. It is well-illustrated, provides summaries of the most important invasive species and issues impacting all regions of the country, and includes a comprehensive primary reference list for each topic. This scientific synthesis provides the cultural, economic, scientific and social context for addressing environmental challenges posed by invasive species and will be a valuable resource for scholars, policy makers, natural resource managers and practitioners.
