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Nutrient Acquisition by Plants - An Ecological Perspective
Edited by Hormoz BassiriRad
Springer
2005
Hardcover XVIII + 347 pp ISBN 3540241868
£126.00
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Volume 181 in the series Ecological Studies explains how 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 provides an understand of the mechanisms that govern present-day plant
communities and is an indispensable aid to development of models designed to predict the response
of plants to a changing climate.
Written for researchers and advanced students.
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