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• ISBN: 354020833X (hbk.)
• ISBN: 9783540208334 (hbk.)
• Physical Description: ix, 702 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.
• Publisher: Berlin ; Springer, c2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Translation of: Pflanzenökologie.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

STRESS PHYSIOLOGY: Environment as stress factor: stress physiology of plants -- Light -- Temperature -- Oxygen deficiency (anaerobiosis and hypoxia) -- Water deficiency (drought) -- Salt stress (osmotic stress) -- Heavy metals -- Aluminium -- Xenobiotica -- AUTOECOLOGY: WHOLE PLANT ECOLOGY: Thermal balance of plants -- Water relations of plants -- Nutrient relations of plants -- Carbon balance -- ECOLOGY OF ECOSYSTEMS: The ecosystem concept -- Processes in stands and ecosystems -- The biogeochemical cycles -- Biodiversity and ecosystems processes -- Case studies at the scale of ecosystems -- SYNDYNAMICS, SYNCHOROLOGY, SYNECOLOGY: Historic-genetic development of phytocenoses and their dynamics -- Synchorology: basis of spatial distribution of plants -- Interactions between vegetation and abiotic and biotic environments: synecology -- GLOBAL ASPECTS OF PLANT ECOLOGY: Global change and global institutions -- Global material cycles -- Human influence on carbon balance and significance for global climate -- Significance of change in land use for carbon cycles -- Influence of human activities on biodiversity -- Socio-economic interactions.

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Subject:

Plant ecology > Textbooks.
Écologie végétale.