Water and Plant Life: Problems and Modern Approaches

Abstract

A collection of 31 papers by authors representing the various fields of research in plant water relations. The text is in seven parts, each preceded by a brief summary of the chapters in that part: (1) Fundamentals of plant water relations; (2) Water uptake and soil water relations; (3) Transpiration and its regulation; (4) Direct and indirect water stress; (5) Water relations and CO2 fixation types; (6) Water relations and productivity; and (7) Water and vegetation patterns. Papers concerning forestry are:Benecke, P. Soil water relations and water exchange of forest ecosystems. [50 ref.]Waring, R.H.; Running, S.W. Water uptake, storage and transpiration by conifers: a physiological model. [57 ref.]Lieth, H. The use of correlation models to predict primary productivity from precipitation or evapotranspiration. [18 ref.]Evenari, M.; Schulze, E.D.; Lange, O.L.; Kappen, L.; Bushchbom, U. Plant production in arid and semi-arid areas. [22 ref.]Tranquillini, W. Water relations and alpine timberline. [59 ref.]Dunn, E.L.; Shropshire, F.M.; Song, L.C.; Mooney, H.A. The water factor and convergent evolution in mediterranean-type vegetation. [36 ref.]Stocker, O. The water-photosynthesis syndrome and the geographical plant distribution in the Saharan deserts. [35 ref.]