Ecology of Leaf Longevity [electronic resource] /
Kikuzawa, Kihachiro.author.
Lechowicz, Martin J.author.
Leaf longevity is a fundamental process underlying patterns of variation in foliar phenology and determining the distinction between deciduous and evergreen plant species. Variation in leaf longevity is associated with a wide array of differences in the physiology, anatomy, morphology and ecology of plants. This book brings together for the first time information scattered widely in the botanical literature to provide a clear and comprehensive introduction to the nature and significance of variation in leaf longevity. It traces the development of ideas about leaf longevity from the earliest descriptive studies to contemporary theory of leaf longevity as a key element in the function of leaves as photosynthetic organs. An understanding of variation in leaf longevity reveals much about the nature of adaptation at the whole plant level and provides fundamental insights into the basis of variation in plant productivity at the ecosystem level. The analysis of leaf longevity also provides a process-based perspective on phenological shifts associated with the changing climate. Readers will find this an informative synthesis summarizing and illustrating different views in a readily accessible narrative that draws attention to a central aspect of plant biology.
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Ecology of Leaf Longevity; Preface; Box 1 Evolution Through Natural Selection; Box 2 Phenology; Phenology and Seasonality; Box 3 Primary Production; Contents; Chapter 1: Foliar Habit and Leaf Longevity; Box 1.1 Plant Canopy; Box 1.2 Foliar Habit; Chapter 2: Leaves: Evolution, Ontogeny, and Death; Shoot Growth, Buds, and Leaf Emergence; Box 2.1 Bud Scale; Budbreak and Leaf Development; Photosynthetic Functionality in Mature Leaves; Age-Dependent Decline in Photosynthetic Capacity; Senescence and Abscission; Chapter 3: Quantifying Leaf Longevity; Defining Leaf Longevity; Box 3.1 Heterophylly
Estimating Leaf Longevity from Leaf Turnover on ShootsBox 3.2 Leaf Cohort; Estimating Leaf Longevity from Census of Leaf Cohorts over Time; Box 3.3 Allocation and Partitioning of Resources; Box 3.4 Allometry and Isometry; Estimation of Leaf Longevity from Leaf Turnover at the Stand Level; Box 3.5 Photoinhibition; Revisiting the Basic Concept of Leaf Longevity; Box 3.6 Leaf Construction Cost; Chapter 4: Theories of Leaf Longevity; Costs and Benefits of the Evergreen Versus Deciduous Habit; Leaf Longevity to Maximize Whole-Plant Carbon Gain; Box 4.1 Marginal Gain; Sec4_4
Modeling Self-Shading Effects on Leaf LongevityBox 4.2 Population Growth Rates; Carbon Balance at the Time of Leaffall; Time Value of a Leaf; Box 4.3 The Monsi-Saeki Model and Its Implications; Leaf Longevity and Leaf Turnover in Plant Canopies; Box 4.4 Herbivory; Directions for Future Theory; Chapter 5: Phylogenetic Variation in Leaf Longevity; Box 5.1 Adaptive Radiation; Leaf Longevity of Ferns; Leaf Longevity of Gymnosperms; Leaf Longevity of Angiosperms; Evergreen Broad-Leaved Woody Species; Temperate Deciduous Trees and Shrubs; Tropical Trees and Shrubs
Leaf Longevity of Herbaceous PlantsChapter 6: Key Elements of Foliar Function; Photosynthesis and Foliar Nitrogen Content; Assembling the Elements of Foliar Function; Photosynthetic Function and Leaf Longevity; Deciding the Core Set of Cardinal Traits; Chapter 7: Endogenous Influences on Leaf Longevity; Timing of Leaf Emergence and Leaf Longevity; Plant Growth Rates and Leaf Longevity; Seedling Growth and Leaf Longevity; Variation of Leaf Longevity with Timing of Leaf Emergence; Box 7.1 Self-Shading and Leaf Emergence; Canopy Architecture and Leaf Longevity
Box 7.2 Impact of Deep Versus Partial ShadingCanopy Heterogeneity and Leaf Longevity; Chapter 8: Exogenous Influences on Leaf Longevity; Box 8.1 Succession; Insolation and Leaf Longevity; Aridity and Leaf Longevity; Nutrients and Leaf Longevity; Box 8.3 Growth Rate Hypothesis; Effects of Environmental Stress on Leaf Longevity; Biotic Stressors: Herbivory and Disease; Box 8.4 Mangroves; Abiotic Stressors: Ozone and Natural Oxidants; Abiotic Stressors: Salinity; Abiotic Stressors: Flooding; Chapter 9: Biogeography of Leaf Longevityand Foliar Habit; Biogeography of Foliar Habit
Contemporary Distribution of Deciduous and Evergreen Habits
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Leaf longevity is a fundamental process underlying patterns of variation in foliar phenology and determining the distinction between deciduous and evergreen plant species. Variation in leaf longevity is associated with a wide array of differences in the physiology, anatomy, morphology and ecology of plants. This book brings together for the first time information scattered widely in the botanical literature to provide a clear and comprehensive introduction to the nature and significance of variation in leaf longevity. It traces the development of ideas about leaf longevity from the earliest descriptive studies to contemporary theory of leaf longevity as a key element in the function of leaves as photosynthetic organs. An understanding of variation in leaf longevity reveals much about the nature of adaptation at the whole plant level and provides fundamental insights into the basis of variation in plant productivity at the ecosystem level. The analysis of leaf longevity also provides a process-based perspective on phenological shifts associated with the changing climate. Readers will find this an informative synthesis summarizing and illustrating different views in a readily accessible narrative that draws attention to a central aspect of plant biology.
Ecology .
Forestry.
Plant science.
Botany.
Ecology.
Forestry.
Plant Sciences.


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