عنوان

Plant growth and climate change

شابک

1405131926 )hardback : alk. paper(

عنوان اصلي

Plant growth and climate change

نام نخستين پديدآور

edited by James I.L. Morison and Michael D. Morecroft

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Oxford ;Ames, Iowa

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Blackwell Pub.,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2006

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xiv, 213 p., ]8[ p. of plates , ill. )some col.(, maps , 24 cm.

عنوان فروست

Biological sciences series )Oxford, England(

متن يادداشت

List of contributors --Preface --1.Recent and future climate change and their implications for plant growth /David Viner,James I.L. MorisonandCraig Wallace --Introduction --Theclimate system --Mechanisms of anthropogenic climate change --Recent climate changes --Future changes in anthropogenic forcing of climate --Future global climate scenarios --Future regional climate scenarios --Concluding comments --References --2.Plant responses to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide /Lewis H. ZiskaandJames A. Bunce --Introduction --Overview of plant biology --Aword about methodology --Gene expression and carbon dioxide --Cellular processes : photosynthetic carbon reduction )PCR( and carbon dioxide --Cb3s photosynthesis --Cb4s photosynthesis --Crassulacean acid metabolism photosynthesis --Photosynthetic acclimation to rising COb2s --Cellular processes : photosynthetic carbon oxidation )PCO( and carbon dioxide --Single leaf response to COb2s --Leaf carbon dynamics --Inhibition of dark respiration --Leaf chemistry --Stomatal response and COb2s --Whole plant responses to rising COb2s --Plant development --Carbon dynamics --Stomatal regulation and water use --Plant-to-plant interactions --Plant competition : managed systems --Plant competition : unmanaged systems --How does COb2s alter plant-to-plant interactions? --Plant communities and ecosystem responses to COb2s --Managed plant systems --Water use in managed systems --Water use in unmanaged plant systems --Other trophic levels --Global and evolutionary scales --Rising COb2s as a selection factor --Global impacts --Uncertainties and limitations --References -- 3.Significance of temperature in plant life /Christian K?orner --Two paradoxes --paradox 1 --Paradox 2 --Baseline responses of plant metabolism to temperature --Photosynthesis --Dark respiration --Thermal acclimation of metabolism --Growth response to temperature --Temperature extremes and temperature thresholds --Thetemperatures experienced by plants --Temperature and plant development --Thechallenge of testing plant responses to temperature --References --4.Temperature and plant development : phenology and seasonality /Annette MenzelandTim Sparks --Theorigins of phenology --Recent changes in phenology --Attribution of temporal changes --Detection of phenological change --Attribution of year-to-year changes in phenology to temperature and other factors --Confounding factors --Evidence from continuous phenological measures --Possible consequences --References --5.Responses of plant growth and functioning to changes in water supply in a changing climate /William J. Davies --Introduction : a changing climate and its effects on plant growth and functioning --Growth of plants in drying soil --Hydraulic regulation of growth --Water relations of plants in drying soil --Water movement into and through the plant --Control of gas exchange by stomata under drought --Water relation targets for plant improvement in water scarce environments --Control of stoma, water use and growth of plants in drying soil : hydraulic and chemical signalling --Interactions between different environmental factors -- Measuring the water availability in the soil : long-distance chemical signalling --Theintegrated response to the environment --Conclusions : a strategy for plant improvement and management to exploit the plant's drought response capacity --References --6.Water availability and productivity /Jo?ao S. Pereira,Maria-Manuela Chaves,Maria-Concei?c?ao CaldeiraandAlexandre V. Correia --Introduction --Water deficits and primary productivity --Net primary productivity --Water-use efficiency --Variability in water resources and plant productivity --Temporal variability in water resources --Variability in space --In situ water redistribution - hydraulic redistribution --Plant communities facing drought --Species interactions with limiting water resources --Vegetation change and drought : is there an arid zone 'treeline'? --Droughts and wildfires --Agricultural and forestry perspectives --Agriculture --Forestry --References -- 7.Effects of temperature and precipitation changes on plant communities /M.D. MorecroftandJ.S. Paterson --Introduction --Methodology --Mechanisms of change in plant communities --Direct effects of climate --Interspecific differences in growth responses to climate --Competition and facilitation --Changing water availability and interactions between climate variables --Interactions between climate and nutrient cycling --Role of extreme events --Dispersal constraints --Interactions with animals --Is community change already happening? --Acknowledgements --References --8.Issues in modelling plant ecosystem responses to elevated COb2s : interactions with soil nitrogen /Ying-Ping Wang,Ross McMurtrie,Belinda MedlynandDavid Pepper --Introduction --Modelling challenges --Chapter aims --Representing nitrogen cycling in ecosystem models --Overview of ecosystem models --Modelling nitrogen cycling --Major uncertainties --How uncertain assumptions affect model predictions --Scenario 1 )base case( : increased litter quantity and decreased litter quality --Scenario 2 : scenario 1 ] higher litter N/C ratio --Scenario 3 : scenario 1 ] increased root allocation --Scenario 4 : scenario 1 ] increased N input --Scenario 5 : scenario 1 ] decreased N/C ratio of new active SOM --Scenario 6 : scenario 5 ] decreased N/C ratio of new slow SOM --Scenario 7 : scenario 2 ] 3 ] 4 ] 6 ] decreased slope of relation between maximum leaf potential photosynthetic electron transport rate and leaf N/C ratio --Model-data fusion techniques --Discussion --Acknowledgements --References -- 9.Predicting the effect of climate change on global plant productivity and the carbon cycle /John GraceandRui Zhang --Introduction --Definitions and conceptual framework --Empirical basis of our knowledge of carbon fluxes --NPP --NEP and NEE --GPP and NPP by remote sensing --Use of models to predict changes in plant growth and carbon fluxes at the large scale --Dependencies of fluxes on COb2s light and nitrogen supply --Photosynthesis --Autotrophic respiration --Heterotrophic respiration --Ecosystem models --Conclusions --Acknowledgements --References --Index.

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index.

موضوع مستند نشده

#S600.7.C54P53 2006

عنصر شناسه ای

Climatic changes

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Crops and climate

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Growth )Plants(

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نشانه اثر

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عنصر شناسه اي

Morison, James I. L.

عنصر شناسه اي

Morecroft, Michael D.

نوع ماده

English Book