Preface ...................................................... xiii
Editors ........................................................ xv
Contributors ................................................. xvii
Chapter 1. Methods in Comparative Functional Ecology ............ 1
Carlos M. Duarte
Chapter 2. Opportunistic Growth and Desiccation Tolerance:
The Ecological Success of Poikilohydrous
Autotrophs ........................................... 7
Ludger Kappen and Fernando Valladares
Chapter 3. Ecological Significance of Inherent Variation in
Relative Growth Rate and Its Components ............. 67
Hendrik Poorter and Eric Gamier
Chapter 4. The Architecture of Plant Crowns: From Design
Rules to Light Capture and Performance ............. 101
Fernando Valladares and Ülo Niinemets
Chapter 5. Structure and Function of Root Systems ............. 151
Robert B. Jackson, William T. Pockman, William
A. Hoffmann, Timothy M. Bleby, and Cristina Armas
Chapter 6. Water Relations and Hydraulic Architecture ......... 175
Melvin T. Tyree
Chapter 7. Responses of Plants to Heterogeneous Light
Environments ....................................... 213
Robert W. Pearcy
Chapter 8. Acquisition, Use, and Loss of Nutrients ............ 259
Frank Berendse, Hans de Kroon, and Wim
G. Braakhekke
Chapter 9. Functional Attributes in Mediterranean-Type
Ecosystems ......................................... 285
Richard Joffre, Serge Rambal, and Claire Damesin
Chapter 10.Tropical Forests: Diversity and Function of
Dominant Life-Forms ................................ 313
Ernesto Medina
Chapter 11.Plant Diversity in Tropical Forests ................ 351
S. Joseph Wright
Chapter 12.Arctic Ecology ..................................... 369
Sarah E. Hobbie
Chapter 13.Plant Life in Antarctica ........................... 389
T.G. Allan Green, Burkhard Schroeter, and
Leopoldo G. Sancho
Chapter 14.Facilitation in Plant Communities .................. 435
Ragan M. Callaway and Francisco I. Pugnaire
Chapter 15.Plant Interactions: Competition .................... 457
Heather L. Reynolds and Тага К. Rajaniemi
Chapter 16.Plant-Herbivore Interaction: Beyond a Binary
Vision ............................................. 481
Elena Baraza, Regino Zamora, José A. Hódar, and
José M. Gómez
Chapter 17.Ecology of Plant Reproduction: Mating Systems
and Pollination .................................... 515
Anna Traveset and Anna Jakobsson
Chapter 18.Seed and Seedling Ecology .......................... 549
Kaoru Kitajima
Chapter 19.Biodiversity and Interactions in the Rhizosphere:
Effects on Ecosystem Functioning ................... 581
Susana Rodriguez-Echeverria, Sofia R. Costa, and
Helena Freitas
Chapter 20.Resistance to Air Pollutants: From Cell to
Community .......................................... 601
Jeremy Barnes, Alan Davison, Luis Balaguer, and
Esteban Manrique-Reol
Chapter 21.Canopy Photosynthesis Modeling ..................... 627
Wolfram Beyschlag and Ronald J. Ryel
Chapter 22.Ecological Applications of Remote Sensing at
Multiple Scales .................................... 655
John A. Gamon, Hong-Lie Qiu, and Arturo Sanchez-
Azofeifa
Chapter 23.Generalization in Functional Plant Ecology:
The Species-Sampling Problem, Plant Ecology
Strategy Schemes, and Phylogeny .................... 685
Mark Westoby
Index ......................................................... 705
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