Time scales of biological responses to water constraints : the case of mediterranean biota /

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Imprint:Amsterdam : SPB Academic, 1995.
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
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Other authors / contributors:Roy, Jacques.
Aronson, James.
Di Castri, Francesco.
ISBN:9051031076
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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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.