Physiology of Woody Plants

Physiology of Woody Plants

Author: Paul Kramer

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2012-12-02

Total Pages: 827

ISBN-13: 0323142362

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Physiology of Woody Plants explains how physiological processes are involved in growth of woody plants and how they are affected by the environment, including the mechanisms of the processes themselves. Organized into 17 chapters, this book discusses the role of plant physiology, as well as the form and structure of woody plant. It also explores the nature and periodicity of shoot, cambial, root, and reproductive growth of trees of the temperate and tropical zones. Other topics elucidated are the process of photosynthesis and respiration, the various substances found in woody plants, plant nutrition, and factors affecting plant growth. This book will be valuable as a text to students and teachers and as a reference to investigators and others who desire a better understanding of how woody plants grow.


Seed Germination, Ontogeny, and Shoot Growth

Seed Germination, Ontogeny, and Shoot Growth

Author: T.T. Kozlowski

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2012-12-02

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 0323149472

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Growth and Development of Trees, Volume I: Seed Germination, Ontogeny, and Shoot Growth is a part of a two-volume treatise, which characterizes important features of growth and development of trees and other woody plants during their life cycles. Organized into eight chapters, this book describes the important events in growth of the perennial woody plant. This volume highlights the significant changes that take place in vegetative and reproductive growth as woody plants progress from juvenility to adulthood and, finally, to a senescent state. This book also describes the effects of external and internal controls of vegetative and reproductive growth. Considerable attention is given to important spatial and temporal variations in growth. This book will be useful to academicians as well as to those involved in the practice of growing trees and other woody plants for fruit crops or wood, as well as for esthetic reasons.


Tropical Trees as Living Systems

Tropical Trees as Living Systems

Author: P. B. Tomlinson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-06-10

Total Pages: 700

ISBN-13: 9780521142472

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This book assesses the scientific knowledge of tropical tree biology set against a background of community ecology and forest structure.