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

Intro -- 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 -- Bibliography -- Part I -- Chapter 2: Autoecology -- 2.1 Background -- 2.2 Temperate region -- 2.3 Tropical rainforest -- 2.4 Semiarid and arid lands -- 2.5 Alpine region -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Vegetation and biodiversity -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Climate -- 3.3 Hydrology -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Case study: A trip to regions of biodiversity and rainforest in Riviera Maya -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Visit to dolphin territory, playground of dolphins -- 4.3 Zones of pelicans and sea ducks -- 4.4 Zones of sea dives and swimming -- 4.5 Return journey through Sian Ka'an reserve forest -- 4.6 Food arrangement -- 4.7 Visit to Chichen Itza - Merida, Yucatan Peninsula -- 4.8 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 Introduction -- 7.2 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 Mexico -- 9.1 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 -- 10.7 Pollen load, pollination and seed production -- 10.8 Pollen tube growth -- 10.9 Pollen viability -- 10.10 Effects of nitrogen dioxide -- 10.11 Effects of temperature -- 10.12 Other factors -- 10.13 Storage of pollen -- 10.14 Seed production -- 10.15 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Chapter 11: Seed characteristics -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Seed productivity in trees and shrubs -- Bibliography -- Chapter 12: Tree mortality -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Studies on tree mortality -- Bibliography -- Chapter 13: Plant traits related to the productivity of trees -- 13.1 Background -- 13.2 Basal diameter -- 13.3 Plant height -- 13.4 Bole diameter growth of trees -- 13.5 Regeneration -- Bibliography -- Part II -- Chapter 14: Ecophysiology -- 14.1 Background -- 14.2 Tropical rainforest.

14.3 Temperate forest -- 14.4 Alpine forest -- 14.5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 15: Research advances in plant ecophysiology -- 15.1 Leaf pigments -- 15.2 Background -- 15.3 Methodology -- 15.4 Results -- 15.5 Discussion -- 15.6 Conclusions and future research -- Bibliography -- Chapter 16: Carbon capture, carbon sequestration and carbon fixation -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Examples of the role of lower plants in carbon fixation -- 16.3 Conclusions and future research -- 16.4 Factors affecting the productivity of forest -- Bibliography -- Chapter 17: Plant nutrients -- 17.1 Background -- 17.2 Micro- and macronutrient contents and carbon sequestration in ten native shrubs and trees in north-eastern Mexico -- 17.3 Methodology -- 17.4 Results -- 17.5 Discussion -- 17.6 Conclusions and future studies -- 17.7 Research needs for the conservation of native trees and carbon sequestration -- Bibliography -- Chapter 18: Litterfall and forest productivity -- 18.1 Litterfall studies in north-eastern Mexico -- 18.2 Methodology -- 18.3 Results and discussion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 19: Nutrient cycling -- 19.1 Background -- 19.2 Studies on nutrient cycling -- Bibliography -- Chapter 20: Plant water relations and forest productivity -- 20.1 Background -- 20.2 Plant water relation studies in north-eastern Mexico -- 20.3 Methodology -- 20.4 Results and discussion -- 20.5 Conclusions and research needs -- 20.6 Soil water potential -- Bibliography -- Chapter 21: Cold tolerance of trees -- 21.1 Studies on the cold tolerance of trees -- Bibliography -- Chapter 22: Heat stress tolerance of trees -- 22.1 Studies on the heat stress tolerance of trees -- Bibliography -- Chapter 23: Seed characteristics, seed dormancy, germination and plant propagation -- 23.1 Seed dormancy and germination -- 23.2 Seed scarification -- 23.3 Seed stratification -- Bibliography.

Chapter 24: Root growth -- 24.1 Root system of trees -- 24.2 Root distribution -- 24.3 Root depth -- 24.4 Root spread -- 24.5 Factors affecting root distribution -- 24.6 Tree root structure and function -- 24.7 Root growth -- 24.8 Organic rich soils -- 24.9 Conclusion and research needs -- Bibliography -- Chapter 25: Features of boreal forest in Russia: A special study -- 25.1 Distribution and general characteristics of the boreal forests -- 25.2 The main forest-forming tree species of the boreal forest -- 25.3 Reforestation of the boreal forest -- 25.4 Field study -- 25.5 Methodological approaches and methods -- 25.6 Results and discussion -- 25.7 The main forest types of the Middle Urals -- 25.8 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Chapter 26: Case study: Autoecology, biodiversity and adaptive characteristics of Prosopis in the Arizona region -- 26.1 Introduction -- 26.2 Medicinal value -- 26.3 Plant characteristics -- 26.4 Control of mesquites -- 26.5 Adaptive traits of mesquites to the desert environment -- 26.6 Physiological mechanism of resistance -- 26.7 Biodiversity -- 26.8 Materials and methods -- 26.9 Results and discussion -- 26.10 Conclusions and research needs -- Bibliography -- Appendix 1: Leaf Morphology -- Index -- End User License Agreement.

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