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Proceedings of the Sixth Maria Moors Cabot Symposium, 'Evolutionary Constraints on Primary Productivity: Adaptive Patterns of Energy Capture in Plants,' Harvard Forest, August 1983.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Economics of Gas Exchange: 1. The photosynthesis-nitrogen relationship in wild plants Christopher Field and Harold A. Mooney; 2. Modifications of solar-radiation absorption patterns and implications for carbon gain at the leaf level James R. Ehleringer and Kenneth S. Werk; 3. Form and orientation in relation to PAR interception by cacti and agaves Park S. Nobel; 4. Unusual strategies of light absorption in rain-forest herbs David W. Lee; 5. Economics of carbon fixation in higher plants Ian R. Cowan; 6. Optimal stomatal conductance, allocation of energy between leaves and roots, and the marginal cost of transpiration Thomas J. Givnish; 7. Internal leaf structure: a three-dimensional perspective David F. Parkhurst; 8. Competing root systems: morphology and models of absorption Martyn M. Caldwell and James H. Richards; 9. Belowground costs: hydraulic conductance Edwin L. Fiscus; 10. Economy of symbiotic nitrogen fixation John S. Pate; 11. Ecological patterns of xylem anatomy Pieter Baas; 12. Turgor maintenance in Hawaiian Dubautia species: the role of variation in tissue osmotic and elastic properties Robert H. Robichaux, Kent E. Holsinger and Suzanne R. Morse; 13. Adaptations for water and thermal balance in Andean giant rosette plants Frederick Meinzer and Guillermo Goldstein; Part II. Economics of Support: 14. Evolution of plant life forms John A. Raven; 15. Branching patterns and angles in trees Jack B. Fisher; 16. Biomechanical constraints on crown geometry in forest herbs Thomas J. Givnish; 17. The roles of carbon balance and branching pattern in the growth of woody species E.-Detlef Schulze, Manfred Küppers and Rainer Matyssek; 18. Seaweeds in moving water: form and mechanical function Mimi A. R. Koehl; 19. Functional geometry of seaweeds: ecological consequences of thallus layering and shape in contrasting light environments Mark E. Hay; Part III. Economics of Biotic Interactions: 20. Costs of defense and their effects on plant productivity Sherry L. Gulmon and Harold A. Mooney; Index.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780521262965
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 736
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Proceedings of the Sixth Maria Moors Cabot Symposium
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0521262968
  • Publisher Date: 29 Aug 1986
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 39 mm
  • Weight: 1198 gr


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