Nutrient Acquisition by Plants: An Ecological Perspective

✍ Scribed by N.B. Comerford (auth.), Prof.Dr. Hormoz BassiriRad (eds.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Leaves: 358
Series: Ecological Studies 181
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Adaptation and evolution of terrestrial plants depend, to a large extent, on their ability to acquire nutrients. This is a modern and integrative treatment of the mechanisms controlling plant nutrient uptake and how plants respond to changes in the environment. The following key topics are covered: soil nutrient bioavailability; root responses to variations in nutrient supply; nitrogen fixation; regulation of nutrient uptake by internal plant demand; root characteristics; kinetics of nutrient uptake; root architecture; life span; mycorrhizae; responses to climate change. This integrated view helps us to understand the mechanisms that govern present-day plant communities and is indispensable in models designed to predict the response of plants to a changing climate.

✦ Table of Contents

Soil Factors Affecting Nutrient Bioavailability....Pages 1-14
Decomposition and Mineralization of Nutrients from Litter and Humus....Pages 15-41
Integrated Root Responses to Variations in Nutrient Supply....Pages 43-61
Internal Regulation of Nutrient Uptake by Relative Growth Rate and Nutrient-Use Efficiency....Pages 63-88
Biological Nitrogen Fixation Associated with Angiosperms in Terrestrial Ecosystems....Pages 89-116
Homeostatic Processes for the Optimization of Nutrient Absorption: Physiology and Molecular Biology....Pages 117-145
Root Architecture and Nutrient Acquisition....Pages 147-183
The Efficiency of Nutrient Acquisition over the Life of a Root....Pages 185-220
Action and Interaction in the Mycorrhizal Hyphosphere — a Re-evaluation of the Role of Mycorrhizas in Nutrient Acquisition and Plant Ecology....Pages 221-276
Effects of Soil Temperature on Nutrient Uptake....Pages 277-310
Nutrient Acquisition of Terrestrial Plants in a Changing Climate....Pages 311-329
From Molecular Biology to Biogeochemistry: Toward an Integrated View of Plant Nutrient Uptake....Pages 331-339

✦ Subjects

Plant Ecology; Plant Physiology; Agriculture; Soil Science & Conservation; Plant Biochemistry

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