EXPERIMENTAL ECOPHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF TREES AND SHRUBS (HB 2021) Hardcover

The ability of trees and shrubs to survive and grow in different environments hinges on the interplay between their internal metabolic processes and the surrounding conditions. Understanding how productive these plants are requires knowledge of the experimental methods used to study these crucial processes. This book offers a thorough overview of this subject. The first section explores various aspects of experimental plant ecophysiology and recent research findings on plant pigments, surface waxes, leaf nutrients, and carbon fixation, all backed by scientific literature. The second part details various laboratory techniques, including methods for studying diffusion, imbibition, calorimetry, atomic absorption, mineral nutrition, forage nutrition analysis, litterfall chemistry, and nutrient cycling. The third and fourth sections discuss advancements in techniques for the development of ecophysiology. This book will be a valuable handbook and resource for students, professors, teachers, technicians, and researchers and scientists in forest science who focus on the ecophysiology and biochemistry of both woody and agricultural plants.