Time scales of biological responses to water constraints : the case of mediterranean biota /
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam : SPB Academic, 1995. |
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| Description: | ix, 243 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4679822 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Water constraints and mediterranean biota response: towards an integrated multi-scale understanding / J. Roy, J. Aronson and F. Di Castri
- 2. Response of leaf cells to rapidly or slowly developing water deficits / W. M. Kaiser, M. Speer and E. Menzel
- 3. Flow and storage of water in plants: Models linking instantaneous fluxes and daily balance / A. Berger
- 4. From daily transpiration to seasonal water balance: an optimal use of water / S. Rambal
- 5. Impact of interannual variability on community species composition / M. Fox
- 6. Effects of episodic rainfall events on mediterranean-climate ecosystems / R. J. Hobbs and H. A. Mooney
- 7. Agricultural responses to climatic risk in arid zones North and South of the Sahara / C. Floret, H. N. Le Houerou and R. Pontanier
- 8. Desiccation rate of excrements: a selective pressure on dung beetles / J. P. Lumaret
- 9. Adaptive significance of morphological and physiological characteris-tics in mediterranean plants: Facts and fallacies / P. W. Rundel
- 10. Aridity stress and climatic unpredictability as selective agents in molecular and organismal adaptations in nature / E. Nevo
- 11. The history of dryness in regions with mediterranean climate / A. Pons, J. P. Suc and M. Reille
- 12. Past and present distributions of the rodent fauna in Southwestern Europe: clues for dating the Mediterranean climate / J. Michaux
- 13. Paleoclimatology of Australia and current physiological functioning of plant communities / R. L. Specht and M. E. Dettmann
- 14. Predicted changes in structure and species richness of mediterranean ecosystems in Southern Australia / R. L. Specht and A. Specht.
