J. Grace

Plant-Atmosphere Relationships (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

In this small book I have tried to confine myself to the absolute necessities in a field which requires a knowledge of both biology and physics. It is meant as a primer for biological undergraduates. I hope it will lead some of them to further, more advanced, study. It has not been easy to present the subject in so few pages, and I am aware of many omissions. I hope readers will agree that it is best to concentrate on a small number of topics, which together constitute an essay on plant-atmosphere relationships. Advanced students will be able to take the subject further if they look up some of the references. Text books that I particularly recommend are those by Monteith [38] and Campbell [lOO]. If the reader intends to carry out research investigations he should also consult Fritschen and Lloyd [105] for an introduction to instrumentation in environmental biophysics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Netherlands
• Seitenzahl: 86
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789401180481
• Artikelnr.: 43604579

Inhaltsangabe

1 Conditions for life.- 1.1 Radiant energy.- 1.2 The atmosphere.- 2 Radiation coupling.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Plant responses to light.- 3 Coupling through boundary layers.- 3.1 Electrical analogues.- 3.2 Coupling through resistance chains.- 3.3 Physiologically-influenced resistances.- 3.4 Micrometeorological stomatal resistance.- 4 Heat and water exchange at plant surfaces.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Energy balance.- 4.3 Calculations.- 5 Field observations.- 5.1 Structure of vegetation.- 5.2 Vegetation height.- 5.3 Leaf survival and design.- Appendix 1 Specific heats.- Appendix 2 Physical constants.- Appendix 3 Thermocouple data.- Appendix 5 Saturated vapour pressure and black body radiation.- Appendix 6 Useful formulae.- Appendix 7 Symbols and abbreviations.- Appendix 8 Units.- Appendix 9 Metric multiples and submultiples.- References.