Exploitation of Environmental Heterogeneity by Plants. Ecophysiological Processes Above- and Below-ground

Content: 
Physiological Ecology, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributors, Pages xiii-xiv
Preface, Pages xv-xvii, MARTYN M. CALDWELL, ROBERT W. PEARC
1 - The Role of Plasticity in Exploiting Environmental Heterogeneity, Pages 1-19, J.P. Grime
2 - The Physical Nature of Solar Radiation in Heterogeneous Canopies: Spatial and Temporal Attributes, Pages 21-71, Dennis Baldocchi, Serge Collineau
3 - Light Gaps: Sensing the Light Opportunities in Highly Dynamic Canopy Environments, Pages 73-110, Carlos L. Ballaré
4 - Canopy Gaps: Competitive Light Interception and Economic Space Filling—A Matter of Whole-Plant Allocation, Pages 111-144, Manfred Küppers
5 - Photosynthetic Acclimation to Changing Light Environments: Scaling from the Leaf to the Whole Plant, Pages 145-174, Robert W. Pearcy, Daniel A. Sims
6 - Photosynthetic Utilization of Sunflecks: A Temporally Patchy Resource on a Time Scale of Seconds to Minutes, Pages 175-208, Robert W. Pearcy, Robin L. Chazdon, Louis J. Gross, Keith A. Mott
7 - Signals for Seeds to Sense and Respond to Gaps, Pages 209-236, Carlos Vázquez-Yanes, Alma Orozco-Segovia
8 - Assessing the Heterogeneity of Belowground Resources: Quantifying Pattern and Scale, Pages 237-253, G. Philip Robertson, Katherine L. Gross
9 - Causes of Soil Nutrient Heterogeneity at Different Scales, Pages 255-284, John M. Stark
10 - Root-Soil Responses to Water Pulses in Dry Environments, Pages 285-304, Park S. Nobel
11 - Architecture and Biomass Allocation as Components of the Plastic Response of Root Systems to Soil Heterogeneity, Pages 305-323, A.H. Fitter
12 - Exploiting Nutrients in Fertile Soil Microsites, Pages 325-347, Martyn M. Caldwell
13 - Coping with Environmental Heterogeneity: The Physiological Ecology of Tree Seedling Regeneration across the Gap—Understory Continuum, Pages 349-390, F.A. Bazzaz, P.M. Wayne
14 - Spatial Heterogeneity at Small Scales and How Plants Respond to It, Pages 391-414, Graham Bell, Martin J. Lechowicz
Index, Pages 415-429
Physiological Ecology: A Series of Monographs, Text, and Treatises, Page 430