Handbook of Functional Plant Ecology

Methods in comparative functional ecology. Part 1 The role of structure and growth form in plant performance: opportunistic growth and desiccation tolerance - the ecological success of poikilohydrous autotrophs ecological significance of inherent variation in relative growth rate architecture, ecology and evolution of plant crowns the structure and function of root systems. Part 2 Physiological ecology: water relations and hydraulic architecture exploitation of changing environments influence of light on leaf longevity and photosynthetic physiology - ecological observations and molecular possibilities acquisition, use and loss of nutrients. Part 3 Habitats and plant distribution: functional attributes in Mediterranean-type ecosystems: plant survival in arid environments tropical forests - diversity and function of dominant life-forms plant diversity in tropical forests arctic ecology plant life in Antarctica. Part 4 Populations and communities: ecology of reproduction -mating systems and pollination seed and seedling ecology facilitation in plant communities plant interactions -competition plant-herbivore interactions - beyond a binary vision biological diversity and functioning of ecosystems. Part 5 New approaches: resistance to air pollutions - from cell to community flux control at the ecosystem level canopy photosynthesis modelling ecological applications of remote sensing at multiple scales generalizations in functional plant ecology - the species sampling problem, plant ecology strategy schemes and phylogeny epilogue.