UID:
edocfu_9958132337902883
Format:
1 online resource (581 p.)
ISBN:
0-08-091801-8
Series Statement:
Physiological Ecology
Content:
This 33-chapter volume presents a critical examination of the importance of stable isotopes in understanding key plant metabolic processes.Key Features* Carbon isotope analyses for estimates of plant water use and metabolism* Integrated estimates of stress impacts and life history in ecological systems* Hydrogen and oxygen isotope analyses for evaluating water sources and transpiration* Use of stable isotopes in scaling from leaf to global levels* Sections include:* History and Theoretical Considerations* Ecological Aspects of Carbon Isotope Variation* A
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Stable Isotopes and Plant Carbon-Water Relations; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Preface; Part I: History and Theoretical Considerations; Chapter 1. Introduction: Water Use in Relation to Productivity; I. Introduction; II. A Long-Standing Interest in Water-Use Efficiency; III. Concepts of Water Use in Relation to Productivity; References; Chapter 2. Historical Aspects of Stable Isotopes in Plant Carbon and Water Relations; I. First Observations of Carbon Isotope Fractionation in Plants; II. Discovery of C4 Photosynthesis
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III. Carbon Isotopes and Photosynthetic Pathway DistributionIV. Understanding the Basis of 13C Variation in Plants; V. Water and Evaporative Enrichment; VI. Environmental Signals in D/H and 1 80/160 of Plant Tissues; VII. Water Movement into Plants; References; Chapter 3. Biochemical Basis of Carbon Isotope Fractionation; I. Introduction; II. Definition of Terms; III. Components of Isotope Fractionation in Plants; IV. Theory of Isotope Fractionation in Plants; V. Summary; References; Chapter 4. Variability of Carbon Isotope Fractionation during Photosynthesis; I. Introduction
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II. Two-Stage Isotope FractionationIII. Separation of the Diffusional Steps; IV. Daylight Respiration of C3 Plants; V. Discrimination in C4 Plants; VI. Experimental Verification; VII. Discussion and Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5. Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Effects in the Exchange of Carbon Dioxide between Terrestrial Plants and the Atmosphere; I. Carbon Isotope Effects; II. Oxygen Isotope Effects; References; Chapter 6. Environmental and Biological Influences on the Stable Oxygen and Hydrogen Isotopic Composition of Leaf Water; I. Introduction
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II. Isotopic Fractionation during TranspirationIII. Environmental and Biological Effects on Leaf-Water Isotopic Composition; IV. Leaf-Water 18O/16O Ratio and C18O16O Discrimination during Photosynthesis; V. Conclusions; References; Part II: Ecological Aspects of Carbon Isotope Variation; Chapter 7. Carbon Isotope Discrimination in Leaf Soluble Sugars and in Whole-Plant Dry Matter in Helianthus annuus L Grown under Different Water Conditions; I. Introduction; II. Materials and Methods; III. Results and Discussion; IV. Summary; References
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Chapter 8. Carbon Isotope Discrimination and the Coupling of CO2 Fluxes within Forest CanopiesI. Introduction; II. Carbon Isotope Composition of Organic Material and Source CO2 within Forest Canopies; III. Carbon Isotope Discrimination within Tropical Forest Formations in Trinidad; IV. Carbon Isotope Discrimination within a Temperate Coniferous Canopy; V. Variations in and 8d: Implications for the Coupling of CO2 and H2O Fluxes within Canopies; VI. Summary; Acknowledgments; References
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Chapter 9. Environmental and Physiological Influences on Carbon Isotope Composition of Gap and Understory Plants in a Lowland Tropical Forest
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-233380-2
Language:
English
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