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| Preface to the Third Edition | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Plant growth and development | |
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| The influence of the environment | |
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| Evolution of adaptation | |
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| Comparative ecology and phylogeny | |
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| The Acquisition of Resources | |
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| Energy and Carbon | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The radiation environment | |
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| Radiation | |
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| Irradiance | |
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| Temporal variation | |
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| Leaf canopies | |
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| Effects of spectral distribution of radiation on plants | |
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| Perception | |
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| Germination | |
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| Morphogenesis | |
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| Placement | |
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| Flowering | |
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| Effects of irradiance on plants | |
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| Responses to low irradiance | |
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| Photosynthesis at high irradiance | |
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| Responses to elevated carbon dioxide concentrations | |
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| Photosynthetic responses | |
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| Whole-plant responses | |
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| Mineral Nutrients | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Nutrients in the soil system | |
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| Soil diversity | |
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| Concentrations | |
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| Ion exchange | |
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| Cycles | |
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| Transport | |
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| Limiting steps | |
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| Physiology of ion uptake | |
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| Kinetics | |
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| Interactions | |
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| Regulation | |
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| Morphological responses | |
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| Root fraction | |
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| Root diameter and root hairs | |
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| Root density and distribution | |
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| Turnover | |
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| Soil micro-organisms | |
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| The nature of the rhizosphere | |
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| Nitrogen fixation | |
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| Mycorrhizas | |
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| General patterns of response to soil nutrients | |
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| Water | |
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| Properties of water | |
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| The water relations of plants and soils | |
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| Water potential | |
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| The water relations of plant cells | |
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| Plant water stress | |
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| Supply of water by the soil | |
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| Loss of water from transpiring leaves | |
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| Water movement in whole plants | |
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| Adaptations favouring germination and seedling establishment in dry environments | |
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| Adaptations favouring survival and reproduction under conditions of water shortage | |
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| Acquisition of water | |
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| Conservation and use of water | |
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| Tolerance of desiccation | |
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| Contrasting life histories in arid environments | |
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| Some special problems in tree/water relations | |
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| Vascular system | |
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| Leaves | |
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| Responses to Environmental Stress | |
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| Temperature | |
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| The temperature relations of plants | |
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| The thermal environment of plants | |
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| The temperature relations of plant processes | |
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| Plant development | |
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| Plant growth and metabolism | |
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| Responses to changes in the thermal environment | |
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| Plant adaptation and resistance to low temperature | |
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| The influence of low temperature on plants | |
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| Characteristic features of cold climates: Arctic and Alpine environments, temperate winters | |
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| Adaptations favouring plant growth and development in Arctic and Alpine regions | |
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| Adaptations favouring survival of cold winters: dormancy | |
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| Adaptations favouring survival of cold winters: plant resistance to freezing injury | |
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| Life in a warmer world: the case of the Arctic Tundra | |
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| The survival of plants exposed to high temperatures | |
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| Fire | |
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| The influence of fire on plants and communities | |
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| Life histories in the Kwongan: ephemerals, obligate seeders and resprouters | |
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| Toxicity | |
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| The nature of toxicity | |
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| Toxic environments | |
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| Salt-affected soils | |
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| Calcareous and acid soils | |
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| Metal-contaminated soils | |
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| Waterlogged soils | |
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| Air pollution | |
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| Oxidative damage | |
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| The influence of toxins on plants | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Acquisition of resources | |
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| Utilization of resources | |
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| Resistance to toxicity | |
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| Escape | |
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| Exclusion | |
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| Amelioration | |
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| Tolerance | |
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| Phytoremediation: biotechnology to detoxify soils | |
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| The origin of resistance: the genetic basis | |
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| An Ecological Perspective | |
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| The individual plant | |
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| Interactions among plants | |
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| Mechanisms of competition | |
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| The occurrence, extent and ecological effects of competition | |
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| Interactions between plants and other organisms | |
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| Strategies | |
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| Dynamics | |
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| References | |
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| Name Index | |
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| Species Index | |
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| Subject Index | |