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Adaptation and evolution of terrestrial plants depend, to a large extent, on their ability to acquire nutrients. This is a modern and integrative treatment of the mechanisms controlling plant nutrient uptake and how plants respond to changes in the environment. The following key topics are covered: soil nutrient bioavailability; root responses to variations in nutrient supply; nitrogen fixation; regulation of nutrient uptake by internal plant demand; root characteristics; kinetics of nutrient uptake; root architecture; life span; mycorrhizae; responses to climate change. This integrated view helps us to understand the mechanisms that govern present-day plant communities and is indispensable in models designed to predict the response of plants to a changing climate.

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Author:   Hormoz BassiriRad
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
Volume:   181
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.563kg
ISBN:  

9783642063374

ISBN 10:   3642063373
Pages:   348
Publication Date:   19 October 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Soil Factors Affecting Nutrient Bioavailability.- Decomposition and Mineralization of Nutrients from Litter and Humus.- Integrated Root Responses to Variations in Nutrient Supply.- Internal Regulation of Nutrient Uptake by Relative Growth Rate and Nutrient-Use Efficiency.- Biological Nitrogen Fixation Associated with Angiosperms in Terrestrial Ecosystems.- Homeostatic Processes for the Optimization of Nutrient Absorption: Physiology and Molecular Biology.- Root Architecture and Nutrient Acquisition.- The Efficiency of Nutrient Acquisition over the Life of a Root.- Action and Interaction in the Mycorrhizal Hyphosphere — a Re-evaluation of the Role of Mycorrhizas in Nutrient Acquisition and Plant Ecology.- Effects of Soil Temperature on Nutrient Uptake.- Nutrient Acquisition of Terrestrial Plants in a Changing Climate.- From Molecular Biology to Biogeochemistry: Toward an Integrated View of Plant Nutrient Uptake.

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From the reviews: This volume of 'Ecological Studies' helps physiologically oriented scientists to obtain a view of their research at higher scales and/or organizational levels. For the ecologically oriented researchers ! it helps to get insight in mechanisms at a smaller scale and some insight into the extensive progress in molecular-biological research. This book is really worth reading more than once because there are a lot of specific and general aspects that are not found in other books in such a broad perspective. (Dieter Horlacher, Journal of Plant Physiology, Vol. 164, 2007) In this book fifteen authors in twelve chapters review various factors influencing nutrient uptake by plants. ! The book is a highly valuable extension of basic textbooks about nutrient acquisition by plants. I would recommend it most strongly to all ecologists who want to read a clear introductory review on each of the announced topics and as a starting source of relevant references. (Stanislav Brezina, Folia Geobotanica, Vol. 41 (4), 2006)

"From the reviews: ""This volume of 'Ecological Studies' helps physiologically oriented scientists to obtain a view of their research at higher scales and/or organizational levels. For the ecologically oriented researchers ! it helps to get insight in mechanisms at a smaller scale and some insight into the extensive progress in molecular-biological research. This book is really worth reading more than once because there are a lot of specific and general aspects that are not found in other books in such a broad perspective."" (Dieter Horlacher, Journal of Plant Physiology, Vol. 164, 2007) ""In this book fifteen authors in twelve chapters review various factors influencing nutrient uptake by plants. ! The book is a highly valuable extension of basic textbooks about nutrient acquisition by plants. I would recommend it most strongly to all ecologists who want to read a clear introductory review on each of the announced topics and as a starting source of relevant references."" (Stanislav Brezina, Folia Geobotanica, Vol. 41 (4), 2006)"

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