Plant ecology

More about the book

This revised second edition offers a comprehensive and current exploration of plant ecology, making it an ideal resource for students, researchers, and practitioners. Featuring over 500 high-quality images and drawings, primarily in color, the text enhances understanding of key topics while maintaining a clear structure and straightforward style for user-friendliness, especially for students. Authored by leading experts, it provides authoritative insights and relevant references. While primarily aimed at graduate students in biology and ecology, it also serves as a valuable resource for post-graduate students and researchers in botany, environmental sciences, and landscape ecology, as well as those involved in agriculture, forestry, land use, and landscape management. Key topics include: - Molecular ecophysiology, addressing stress factors like light, temperature, and drought. - Physiological and biophysical plant ecology, focusing on thermal balance and nutrient relations. - Ecosystem ecology, covering ecosystem characteristics and biogeochemical fluxes. - Community ecology and biological diversity, exploring plant community development and interactions with the environment. - Global ecology, discussing biogeochemical cycles, Dynamic Global Vegetation Models, and the impact of global change on terrestrial ecosystems.