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Buy Plants and Microclimate: A Quantitative Approach to Environmental Plant Physiology by Hamlyn G. Jones available and for sale on Brightsurf
| View Larger Image | Plants and Microclimate: A Quantitative Approach to Environmental Plant Physiology
by Hamlyn G. Jones
| | List Price: | $68.00 | | Price: | $53.90 | | You Save: | $14.10 (21%) |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 292711 | | Studio: | Cambridge University Press | | | Binding: | Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 452 | | Publication Date: | June 26, 1992 | | Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
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Product Description
This book attempts to provide a soundly based introduction to those features of the atmospheric environment of particular relevance to plants; it also describes the physical and physiological principles required for understanding how these factors affect plants. The underlying biophysics and biochemistry are explained in the context of plants growing in their natural environment. For example, gas exchange and diffusion are considered in relation to the control both of evaporation from vegetation and of photosynthesis and productivity, while energy exchanges are examined in relation to plant temperature regulation. Throughout the text a quantitative approach is adopted and the use of mathematical models is described with some examples. Physiological and ecological aspects of adaptation to different natural environments, including mechanisms of drought tolerance, are considered, as are possible ways in which this information can be used for improving crop plants for selective breeding. Practical aspects of important measurement techniques are discussed. There is a comprehensive reference list giving an introduction to recent literature, together with appendixes listing useful physical qualities. The presentation adopted is designed to emphasize the close relationship among the biophysical, physiological, and ecological aspects of the adaptation of higher plants to their aerial environment. This second edition has been fully updated and includes information on novel techniques such as chlorophyll-a fluorescence and carbon isotope discrimination, which can be applied to plants in the field, as well as coverage of topics of current concern such as global warming and atmospheric pollution. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 2 reviews)
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A readable technical text 
Not a fun light read, yet accurately summarizes concepts in one coherent place that I learned from scattered and more difficult to read sources. I haven't read the whole book, but feel it would have saved me time in understanding evapotranspiration.
The book covers how plants respond to their microclimate and thus introduce climate regulation as plant communities impact the atmospheric microclimate around them. Solid references give a serious novice a firm launching point in their quantitative studies.
Do not expect tables of plant specific parameters from this book, nor how specific soil or atmospheric characteristics impact plant development and morphology (although bulk crop yield is covered). The equations presented model heat, gas, and chemical transport mechanisms between plant and air.
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The best litterature review of plant physics around 
All the editions of this book proved to be amazing compilations of information about the physical processes involved in plant physiology.
Jones reviews one by one, thermal, radiative, gaseous, ... properties, of plants in a clear concise yet exhaustive way.
Recommended for all serious scholars in plant sciences, environmental sciences, and agriculture
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