Autoecology and Ecophysiology of Woody Shrubs and Trees : Concepts and Applications.

Autoecology and Ecophysiology of Woody Shrubs and Trees : Concepts and Applications.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maiti, Ratikanta
Other Authors: Rodriguez, Humberto Gonzalez, Sergeevna Ivanova, Natalya
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wiley, 2016.
Subjects:
Woody plants.
Woody plants > Physiology.
woody plants.
Woody plants
Woody plants > Physiology
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Table of Contents:
  • Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface; Bibliography; List of contributors; Chapter 1: Background; 1.1 A definition of autoecology; 1.2 A definition of ecophysiology; 1.3 Environment; 1.4 Solar radiation; 1.5 Solar radiation and vegetation; 1.6 Light requirement of tree species; 1.7 Photomorphogenesis and photoperiodism; 1.8 Photosynthesis; 1.9 Temperature; 1.10 Water relations; 1.11 Plant nutrients; 1.12 Role of nutrients in plant life; 1.13 Plant factors; 1.14 Respiration; 1.15 Phenology and ecology; 1.16 Effect of drought stress; 1.17 Ecological plasticity; 1.18 Productivity.
  • 4.7 Visit to Chichen Itza
  • Merida, Yucatan Peninsula4.8 Visit to underground river, named "Cenote"; Bibliography; Chapter 5: Plant traits; 5.1 Research advances in plant traits; 5.2 Branching pattern of trees; 5.3 Tree crown architecture; 5.4 Leaf traits; 5.5 Variability in leaf canopy architecture; 5.6 Variability in leaf traits of 13 native woody species in semiarid regions of North-eastern Mexico; Bibliography; Chapter 6: Leaf traits; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Leaf anatomy; 6.3 Taxonomy; 6.4 Adaption to environments; 6.5 Leaf surface anatomy; Bibliography; Chapter 7: Wood characteristics.
  • 7.1 Introduction7.2 Different types of wood; 7.3 Wood density of a few woody species; 7.4 Wood anatomy and wood fibres; 7.5 Characterisation of wood fibres of shrubs and tree species of the Tamaulipan thornscrub, north-eastern Mexico; Bibliography; Chapter 8: Phenology; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Reproductive phenology (flowering and fruiting) of ten woody plants, north-eastern Mexico; Bibliography.
  • Chapter 9: Phenology, morphology and variability in pollen viability of four woody species (Cordia boissieri, Parkinsonia texana, P. aculeata and Leucophyllum frutescens) exposed to environmental temperature, north-eastern Mexico9.1 Background; 9.2 Pollen viability; 9.3 Methodology; 9.4 Results and discussion; 9.5 Conclusions; Bibliography; Chapter 10: Pollen biology and plant productivity: A review; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Materials, methods and scope of the study; 10.3 Elaboration of the review; 10.4 Pollen morphology; 10.5 Pollen dispersal; 10.6 Pollen germination.

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