Plant Response to Stress: Functional Analysis in Mediterranean Ecosystems

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Gas exchange methods for characterizing the impact of stress on leaves....Pages 3-25
Rapid assessment of stress effects on plant leaves by chlorophyll fluorescence measurements....Pages 27-53
Leaf absorptance and leaf angle: mechanisms for stress avoidance....Pages 55-76
Methods for studying the mechanism of water stress effects on photosynthesis....Pages 77-93
Coping with variability: Examples of tracer use in root function studies....Pages 95-106
Approaches for studying the function of deep root systems....Pages 107-127
Use of nitrogen-15 to assess terrestrial nitrogen cycling processes....Pages 129-155
Application of computer methods in the field to assess ecosystem function and response to stress....Pages 157-164
Studying long term community dynamics using image processing....Pages 165-171
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Response of two perennial grasses to water availability in different habitats related to successional change under Mediterranean climate conditions....Pages 175-190
Changes in aboveground structure and resistances to water uptake in Quercus coccifera along a rainfall gradient....Pages 191-200
Root to shoot communication of the effects of soil drying, flooding or increase salinity. A case for the involvement of plant growth regulators in a multiple chemical signal....Pages 201-221
Stomatal conductance and water relations of shrubs growing at the chaparral-desert ecotone in California and Arizona....Pages 223-245
Regulation of water use by four species of Cistus in the scrub vegetation of the Serra da Arrábida, Portugal....Pages 247-258
Water use by Quercus Ilex L. in forests near Barcelona, Spain....Pages 259-266
Soil drying and the resulting chemical and hydraulic effects on leaf growth....Pages 267-275
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Gas exchange characteristics of representative species from the scrub vegetation of central Chile....Pages 279-304
Changes during summer drought in leaf CO 2 uptake rates of macchia shrubs growing in Portugal: Limitations due to photosynthetic capacity, carboxylation efficiency, and stomatal conductance....Pages 305-327
Seasonal and diurnal patterns in leaf gas exchange of Phillyrea angustifolia growing in Portugal....Pages 329-337
A model of net photosynthesis for leaves of the sclerophyll Quercus coccifera ....Pages 339-354
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Diurnal patterns of leaf internal CO 2 partial pressure of the sclerophyll shrub Arbutus unedo growing in Portugal....Pages 355-368
Effect of light on gas exchange parameters of sun and shade adapted leaves of Ceratonia siliqua, Coffea arabica and Malus domestica ....Pages 369-378
Photosynthesis and water relations of grapevines growing in Portugal - response to environmental factors....Pages 379-390
Chlorophyll fluorescence as an indicator of heat induced limitation of photosynthesis in Arbutus unedo L.....Pages 391-399
Ecological implications of sun/shade-leaf differentiation in sclerophyllous canopies: Assessment by canopy modeling....Pages 401-411
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Responses of plants to nutrient supply in mediterranean-type ecosystems....Pages 415-427
Nutrient use strategy by evergreen-oak ( Quercus ilex ssp. ilex ) in NE Spain....Pages 429-435
Seasonal photosynthate allocation of the Californian coast live oak Quercus agrifolia ....Pages 437-444
Biomass, nitrogen, and phosphorus accumulation over a southern California fire cycle chronosequence....Pages 445-458
Effect of copper on water relations and growth of Triticum ....Pages 459-465
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Quantification of mediterranean plant phenology and growth....Pages 469-488
Phenology of mediterranean plants in relation to fire season: with special reference to the Cape Province South Africa....Pages 489-502
Comparative phenology of four mediterranean shrub species growing in Portugal....Pages 503-513
Observations on the phenology of two dominant plants of the Greek maquis....Pages 515-519
Crown structure of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. in a coppiced plantation....Pages 521-530
Vertical structure of Halimium halimifolium shrubs in Doñana National Park (SW Spain)....Pages 531-545
Structural analysis of sclerophylly in eleven evergreen phanerophytes in Greece....Pages 547-551
The costs of growing and maintaining leaves of mediterranean plants....Pages 553-564
Features of seed germination in Arbutus unedo L.....Pages 565-572
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Postfire demography of resprouting and seedling establishment by Adenostoma fasciculatum in the California chaparral....Pages 575-596
Front Matter....Pages 573-573
A model of life history strategies of chaparral shrubs in relation to fire frequency....Pages 597-606
Natural and prescribed fire: survival strategies of plants and equilibrium in mediterranean ecosystems....Pages 607-621
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The effect of summer drought on vegetation structure in the mediterranean climate region of Australia....Pages 625-639
Landscape ecology, management and conservation of European and Levant Mediterranean uplands....Pages 641-657
Front Matter....Pages 659-659
The impact of environmental stress on plant performance in mediterranean-climate ecosystems: Differing levels of analysis....Pages 661-668