Environmental plant physiology : botanical strategies for a climate smart planet / Vir Singh.
Magnitude and quality of life as well as sustainable human progress inescapably depend on the state of our environment. The environment, in essence, is a common resource of all the living organisms in the biosphere as well as a vivacious basis of the evolution of life on Earth. A sustainable future...
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Author
- Chapter 1: Environment and Ecosystems: Physiological Basis of Ecology
- The Lumenosphere
- The Biosphere
- The Organism-Environment Relationships
- Energy and Nutrient Flows through Ecosystems
- Food Chains
- Food Web
- Ecological Pyramids
- Ecological Pyramid of Numbers
- Ecological Pyramid of Biomass
- Ecological Pyramid of Energy
- The Sixth Trophic Level
- The Seventh Trophic Level
- What Is Environmental Physiology?
- Climate and Its Changing Behavior.
- Scope of Environmental Plant Physiology
- Applications in Food Production
- Environmental Physiology: The Basis for a Climate-Smart Planet
- Summary
- References
- Websites
- Chapter 2: Energy Relations
- Energy and Life
- Trophic Diversity in Nature
- The Light of Life
- Leaf and Light
- Leaf-Energy Balance
- Energy Inputs and Energy Outputs of a Leaf
- Net Radiation
- Sensible Heat Loss (Conduction and Convection)
- Latent and Chemical Energy
- Photosynthetic Pathways
- C3 Photosynthesis
- C4 Photosynthesis
- CAM Photosynthesis
- E = mc2 in the Context of Earth's Ecosystems.
- Sun-Soil-Plant: The Evolutionary Ladder of Life
- Photosynthesis and Soil Fertilization
- Energy from Inorganic Molecules
- Energy from Organic Molecules
- Chemical Composition vis-à-vis Nutrient Requirements
- Herbivory
- Carnivory
- Detritivory
- Energy Limitations
- Optimal Foraging by Animals
- Optimal Foraging by Plants
- Energy Flow in the Biosphere
- Summary
- References
- Websites
- Chapter 3: Nutrient Relations
- The Pedosphere
- Soil as an Ecosystem
- Diversity of the World's Soils
- Soil Types
- Soil Biodiversity
- Pedodiversity-Biodiversity Relations.
- Essential Elements
- Sources of Plant Nutrients
- Nutrient Availability for Plants
- Interactions among Ions
- Cycles in the Soil
- Ion-Uptake Physiology
- Kinetics
- Internal Control
- Morphological Responses
- Root:Shoot Ratio and Root:Weight Ratio
- Root Diameter and Root Hairs
- Root Density and Distribution
- Soil Microorganisms
- Rhizosphere
- Impact on Nutrient Uptake
- Nitrogen Fixation
- Influence of Environmental Factors
- Mycorrhizas
- Summary
- References
- Websites
- Chapter 4: Water Relations
- The Water Planet as Home to Life.
- Water Properties Conducive to Life
- Water Availability to Organisms
- Water in Air
- Water Movement within Water
- Water Potential
- Plant Roots and Water Acquisition
- Water Relations of Plant Cells
- Supply of Water by the Soil
- Water Planet a Climate-Smart Planet
- Summary
- References
- Websites
- Chapter 5: Temperature Relations
- Microclimatic Variations and Temperatures
- Atmospheric Trends vis-à-vis Altitudes
- Troposphere
- Stratosphere
- Mesosphere
- Thermosphere
- Exosphere
- Plant-Temperature Relations
- Ground Color and Temperatures.