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Traditional plant physiological ecology is organism centered and
provides a useful framework for understanding the interactions
between plants and their environment and for identifying
characteristics likely to result in plant success in a particular
habitat. This book focuses on extending concepts from plant
physiological ecology as a basis for understanding carbon, energy,
and biogeochemical cycles at ecosystem, regional, and global
levels.
This will be a valuable resource for researchers and graduate
students in ecology, plant ecophysiology, ecosystem research,
biometerology, earth system science, and remote sensing.
Key Features
* The integration of metabolic activities across spatial scales,
from leaf to ecosystem
* Global constraints and regional processes
* Functional units in ecological scaling
* Models and technologies for scaling
Based in extensive research in geology, atmospheric science, and
paleontology, this book offers a detailed history of CO2 in the
atmosphere, and an understanding of factors that have influenced
changes in the past. The text illuminates the role of atmospheric
CO2 in the modern carbon cycle and in the evolution of plants and
animals, and addresses the future role of atmospheric CO2 and its
likely effects on ecosystems.
The emerging multidisciplinary field of earth system science sets
out to improve our understanding functioning ecosystems, at a
global level across the entire planet. Stable Isotopes and
Biosphere - Atmosphere Interactions looks to one of its most
powerful tools - the application of stable isotope analyses - to
understanding biosphere-atmosphere exchange of the greenhouse
gases, and synthesizes much of the recent progress in this work.
Stable Isotopes and Biosphere - Atmosphere Interactions describes
recent progress in understanding the mechanisms, processes and
applications of new techniques. It makes a significant contribution
to the emerging, multidisciplinary study of the Earth as an
interacting system. This book will be an important reference for
students and researchers in biology, ecology, biogeochemistry,
meteorology, and atmospheric science and will be invaluable for
anyone with any interest in the future of the planet.
* Describes applications of new stable isotope techniques to the
emerging fields of earth system science and global change
* Illustrates advances in scaling of physiological processes from
leaf/soil to the global scale
* Contains state-of-the-art, critical reviews written by
international researchers and experts
This 33-chapter volume presents a critical examination of the
importance of stable isotopes in understanding key plant metabolic
processes.
Key Features
* Carbon isotope analyses for estimates of plant water use and
metabolism
* Integrated estimates of stress impacts and life history in
ecological systems
* Hydrogen and oxygen isotope analyses for evaluating water sources
and transpiration
* Use of stable isotopes in scaling from leaf to global
levels
* Sections include:
* History and Theoretical Considerations
* Ecological Aspects of Carbon Isotope Variation
* Agricultural Aspects of Carbon Isotope Variation
* Genetics and Isotopic Variation
* Water Relations and Isotopic Composition
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