Being alive on land: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Adaptations to the Terrestrial Environment Held in Halkidiki, Greece, 1982

Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Introduction....Pages 1-1
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
Convergence and Non-Convergence of Mediterranean Type Communities in the Old and the New World....Pages 5-11
Functioning of Tundra Vegetation in Relation to Life Forms....Pages 13-19
Adaptive Plant Evolution in the Alpine Environment of the Greek Mountains....Pages 21-31
History and Genetics of Tolerance to the Natural Phyto-Toxic Media of Western Balkans....Pages 33-40
Morpho-Anatomical Syndromes in Phyto-Indicators of Extreme Stormy Habitats in the Northeastern Adriatic....Pages 41-49
Leaf Form of the Woody Plants of Indiana as Related to Environment....Pages 51-61
Fire Adaptation Strategies of Plants in the French Mediterranean Area....Pages 63-69
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Root Sheaths as an Adaptation to Soil Moisture Stress in Arid Zone Grasses....Pages 73-76
Osmotic and Turgor Relations in Selected Chaparral Shrub Species....Pages 77-84
Adaptations of the Photosynthetic Pigment System to Ecological Conditions with Respect to Water in Different Terrestrial Plants....Pages 85-90
Ways of Detecting Adaptive Responses of Cultivated Plants to Drought. An Agronomic Approach....Pages 91-101
Structural Aspects of the Adaptation of Some Blue-Green Algae and Diatoms to Desiccation....Pages 103-114
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Species-Specific Responses to Temperature in Acid Metabolism and Gas Exchange Performance of Macaronesian Sempervivoideae....Pages 117-126
Soil Temperature Effects on Carbon Exchange in Taiga Trees....Pages 127-136
Influence of the Environment on Cold Hardening and Winter Survival of Forage and Cereal Species with Consideration of Proline as a Metabolic Marker of Hardening....Pages 137-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Adaptations of Understorey Species to Exist in Temperate Deciduous Forests....Pages 157-165
Growth of Dactylis glomerata L. and Bromus erectus Huds. In Natural Habitats and Along Light and Water Gradients....Pages 167-172
A Model of Growth Kinetic Theory of Anacystis Nidulans in Light-Limited Culture....Pages 173-176
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Fe, Co, Zn, Br, Rb, Cs, Se, Cr, Sb and Sc Content and Growth of Soybean Nodules as Affected by Nutrient Deficiency....Pages 179-186
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Effect of Molybdenum and Cobalt on the Nitrogen-Fixing Activity of Rhizobium Japonicum and Soybean Yield....Pages 187-190
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
The Measurement of Adaptation in Cultivated Plants....Pages 193-200
Branching Patterns in Columnar Cacti....Pages 201-236
Edaphic Restriction of Cupressus Forbesii (Tecate Cypress) in Southern California, U.S.A.--A Hypothesis....Pages 237-243
Ultrastructure and Cytochemistry of Retinacles and Pollinia from Mediterranean Orchids · their Relation with Pollination....Pages 245-250
Observations on the Dynamics of Three Populations of Oak Seedlings ( Quercus sessiliflora Ehrl.) in the Fontainebleau Forest....Pages 251-255
Effect of Plant Volatiles on Rhizospheric and Phyllospheric Mycoflora....Pages 257-269
Moss Growth and Development is Facilitated by Natural Bacterial Flora....Pages 271-278
Competitive Ability of Rhizobium phaseoli Strains....Pages 279-281
Front Matter....Pages 283-283
The Importance of Forests in the Region of the Pardubice Industrial Agglomeration....Pages 285-289
Modifications of Pollutant Effects by Ecological Factors....Pages 291-299
Tree Barks and Pollutant Zoning....Pages 301-306
Heavy Metal Uptake by Radish in Relation to Soil Fertility and Chemical Extractability of Metals....Pages 307-312
Adaptation of Soil Microorganisms to Decomposition of Some Herbicides....Pages 313-317
Determination of Zinc, Iron and Aluminium in Halophytic Species of the River Sado Estuary—Portugal, by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry....Pages 319-322