Resource Physiology of Conifers. Acquisition, Allocation and Utilization

1995

396 S.

zahlr. Lit. Ang.

Bandaufführung

0-12-652870-5

13284

70509

The most general objective of this book is to provide a more synthetic view of the resource physiology of conifer trees with an emphasis on developing a perspective that can integrate across the biological hierarchy. This objective is in concert with more scientific goals of maintaining biological diversity and the sustainability of forest systems. Current management practices of our national and state agencies now reflect a more ecosystem- oriented approach. Regardless of the motivation, the preservation of coniferous forest ecosystems, in the face of important anthropogenic influences such as global climate change, is a major concern today. Without a basic understanding of the adaptive responses of individual conifer forest species, neither the molecular mechanisms of the response capability nor the impact at the ecosstem level can be evaluated. The response capabilities of an organism, as emphasized in physiological ecology, are the evolutionary mechanisms that establish a bridge between the molecular and ecological levels of the vast biological spectrum.