Ecophysiology of Economic Plants in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands

by Gerald E. Wickens

Overview

This book deals with arid and semi-arid environments and their classification, and the physiological restraints and adaptations of plants to the environment. Further, it discusses economic botany and the needs and methods of conserving economic plants. A broad view is taken regarding the definition of economic plants, taking into account their value to the environment as well as to man and to livesk. The individual deserts and associated semi-arid regions are described in separate chapters, providing background information on the regional environments in terms of climate and major plant formations. The economic plants within these formations, their usages, geographical distribution together with their morphological and physiological adaptations are treated in detail.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540521716
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	09/02/1998
Series:	Adaptations of Desert Organisms
Edition description:	1998
Pages:	343
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

1 Economic Plants, and Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of the World.- 2 The Arid and Semi-Arid Environments of the World.- 3 Arid and Semi-arid Regions and Ecosystems of the World.- 4 Ecophysiology, Nitrogen-Fixation and Plant Stress.- 5 Water Stress.- 6 Temperature Stress.- 7 Salt Stress.- 8 Photosynthesis.- 9 Plant Metabolites.- 10 Anatomical and Morphological Adaptations.- 11 Selected Arid Land Plants: Their Ecophysiology and Uses.- References.- Taxonomic Indices.- Botanical Index.- Zoological Index.