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Author Kikuzawa, Kihachirō, 1941-

Title Ecology of leaf longevity / Kihachiro Kikuzawa, Martin J. Lechowicz
Published Tokyo ; New York : Springer, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 147 pages) : illustrations
Series Ecological research monographs
Ecological research monographs
Contents Foliar habit and leaf longevity -- Leaves : evolution, ontology, and death -- Quantifying leaf longevity -- Theories of leaf longevity -- Phylogenetic variation in leaf longevity -- Key elements of foliar function -- Endogenous influences on leaf longevity -- Exogenous influences on leaf longevity -- Biogeography of leaf longevity and foliar habit -- Ecosystem perspectives on leaf longevity
Summary Leaf longevity is a fundamental process underlying patterns of variation in foliar phenology and determining the distinction between deciduous and evergreen plant species. Variation in leaf longevity is associated with a wide array of differences in the physiology, anatomy, morphology and ecology of plants. This book brings together for the first time information scattered widely in the botanical literature to provide a clear and comprehensive introduction to the nature and significance of variation in leaf longevity. It traces the development of ideas about leaf longevity from the earliest descriptive studies to contemporary theory of leaf longevity as a key element in the function of leaves as photosynthetic organs. An understanding of variation in leaf longevity reveals much about the nature of adaptation at the whole plant level and provides fundamental insights into the basis of variation in plant productivity at the ecosystem level. The analysis of leaf longevity also provides a process-based perspective on phenological shifts associated with the changing climate. Readers will find this an informative synthesis summarizing and illustrating different views in a readily accessible narrative that draws attention to a central aspect of plant biology
Analysis bosecologie
forest ecology
bladeren
leaves
plantenecologie
plant ecology
klimaatverandering
climatic change
fenologie
phenology
adaptatie
adaptation
Plant Ecology
Plantenecologie
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Leaves.
Plants -- Longevity.
Plant phenology.
Leaves -- Ecology
leaf (plant material)
Leaves
Plant phenology
Plants -- Longevity
Form Electronic book
Author Lechowicz, Martin J. (Martin John)
ISBN 9784431539186
4431539182