Handbook of Functional Plant Ecology (Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment)
Contributors: Francisco Pugnaire (Editor); Fernando Valladares (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: CRC
Published: April 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 901
ISBN-13: 9780824719500
Subjects: Plant Ecology; Plant Physiology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Plant ecophysiology; Agriculture - General; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Life Sciences - Botany; Science / Botany; Life Sciences - Ecology
First sentence: The quest to describe the diversity of the extant plants and the identification of the basic mechanisms that allow them to occupy different environments has been the center of scientists' attention from the time of ancient Greece to the present.
Description: A uniquely comprehensive treatment of its subject, the Handbook of Functional Plant Ecology offers the latest findings and research breakthroughs in plant ecology, as well as consideration of classic topics in environmental science and ecology. This wide-ranging compendium serves as an extremely accessible and useful resource for relative newcomers to the field as well as seasoned experts.

Handbook of Functional Plant Ecology is an excellent resource for plant ecologists, botanists, plant biologists and physiologists, foresters, and evolutionary biologists.