Physiology of Woody Plants
- 4th Edition - April 3, 2099
- Latest edition
- Authors: Ulo Niinemets, Stephen G. Pallardy
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 6 8 6 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 4 5 9 - 1
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Physiology of Woody Plants, Fourth Edition has been fully revised and updated to include the significant progress that has been made in multiple fields of tree physiology, including woody plant responses to globally changing environments, the role of woody plants in biosphere-atmosphere interactions, and generalized trait-function relationships, including the multiple specialized and insightful contributions on individual facets of tree functioning and rich genetic information that has become available since the publication of the third edition. This reference is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as practitioners and researchers seeking to learn about different aspects of tree functioning.
This fourth edition includes both the classical concepts and recent developments in the field of tree physiology, and addresses a broad audience interested in gaining a basic understanding of woody plant functioning, as well as those wanting to refresh their knowledge of developments at the forefront of tree physiology. The book offers novel insight into the functioning of multiple physiological processes in woody plants, providing a basic interdisciplinary understanding of the controls of climatic and biotic factors responsible for tree growth in current and future climates.
- Provides an interdisciplinary overview of woody plant functioning under multiple interacting environmental pressures, and allows for drawing conclusions on woody plant performance in future climates
- Synthesizes information of woody plant structure, physiological potentials, growth, and environmental tolerance scattered through literature
- Covers key physiological processes responsible for woody plant growth at various levels of depth
- Serves as a textbook for students and a reference resource for professionals ranging from practitioners to scientists
- Presents a unique combination of classical tree physiology and current hot topics in the field
- Highlights paths where contemporary “common knowledge" could develop into new frontier research
Students and professionals in Agroforestry, agronomists, arborists, atmospheric scientists, botanists, conservation biologists, ecosystem modelers, earth system scientists, entomologists, foresters, global change biologists, horticulturists, landscape architects, plant molecular biologists, plant breeders, plant ecologists, plant geneticists, plant pathologists, plant physiologists, pomologists, and soil scientists
1. Introduction
2. Form and structure of woody plants
3. Primary metabolic pathways, key metabolites and woody plant cells
4. Regulation of carbon fixation through photosynthesis
5. Respiration and construction cost of biomass
6. Mineral nutrition
7. Water uptake and transport
8. Transpiration and efficiency of water use
9. Photoassimilate transport and storage of metabolites
10. Regulation and timing of vegetative growth through seasons and climates
11. Reproductive growth, seed dispersal and germination
12. Senescence of plant organs and abscission
13. Juvenile to adult transfer
14. Secondary metabolic pathways, secretory structures, metabolites and defense
15. Structure-function trait relationships and woody plant dispersal in current and future climates
2. Form and structure of woody plants
3. Primary metabolic pathways, key metabolites and woody plant cells
4. Regulation of carbon fixation through photosynthesis
5. Respiration and construction cost of biomass
6. Mineral nutrition
7. Water uptake and transport
8. Transpiration and efficiency of water use
9. Photoassimilate transport and storage of metabolites
10. Regulation and timing of vegetative growth through seasons and climates
11. Reproductive growth, seed dispersal and germination
12. Senescence of plant organs and abscission
13. Juvenile to adult transfer
14. Secondary metabolic pathways, secretory structures, metabolites and defense
15. Structure-function trait relationships and woody plant dispersal in current and future climates
- Edition: 4
- Latest edition
- Published: April 3, 2099
- Language: English
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Ulo Niinemets
Ülo Niinemets, Ph.D. focuses on the Importance of structural features of leaves and canopy in determining species shade-tolerance in temperate deciduous woody taxa (Importance of structural features of leaves and canopy in determining species shade-tolerance in temperate deciduous woody taxa). He serves as the Chair and Professor of Crop Sciences and Plant Biology at Estonian University of Life Sciences.
Selected Honours & awards
2018, Ülo Niinemets, National Science Prize, Bio- and geosciences
2012, Ülo Niinemets, White Star Order, IV class by the President of Estonia
2011, Ülo Niinemets, Best paper award (Ecological Research) of the Japanese Ecological Society
2006, Ülo Niinemets, National Science Prize in Chemistry and molecular biology
2000, Ülo Niinemets, National Science Prize, Bio- and geosciences
Selected Scientific Activities
2012−... Science Europe Life, Environment and Geoscience (LEGS) scientific committee member
2012−... Editor of Oecologia
2010−... Editor of Frontiers in Plant Science (Frontiers in Functional Plant Ecology)
Affiliations and expertise
Chair and Professor of Crop Sciences and Plant Biology, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia