Plant Physiological Ecology Field methods and instrumentation /

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Pearcy, Robert W. (Editor), Ehleringer, J.R. (Editor), Mooney, Harold. (Editor), Rundel, Philip W. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2000.
Edition:1st ed. 2000.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9013-1
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505 0 |a 1 Principles of instrumentation for physiological ecology -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Measurement and measurement errors -- 1.3 Instrument organization -- 1.4 Instrument initiation -- 1.5 Postscript -- 2 Field data acquisition -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Analog recorders -- 2.3 Digital recorders -- 2.4 Integrators -- 2.5 Sampling considerations -- 3 Water in the environment -- 3.1 Soil moisture -- 3.2 Atmospheric moisture -- 3.3 Moisture flux -- 4 Measurement of wind speed near vegetation -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Flow in wind tunnels, growth cabinets and ducts -- 4.3 Weather stations and field survey -- 4.4 Wind profiles above vegetation -- 4.5 Boundary layer resistance -- 4.6 Calibration -- 4.7 Aerodynamic influence by masts -- 4.8 Visualization -- 4.9 Pressure measurements -- 4.10 Some applications -- 5 Soil nutrient availability -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Difficulties in measuring nutrient availability -- 5.3 Nitrogen availability -- 5.4 Phosphorus availability -- 5.5 Sulfur availability -- 5.6 Availability of essential cations -- 5.7 Micronutrient availability -- 5.8 Soil classification -- 5.9 Bioassay of nutrient availability -- 5.10 Soil acidity -- 5.11 Soil salinity -- 5.12 Soil redox potential -- 5.13 Comments on sampling -- 5.14 Index units -- 6 Radiation and light measurements -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Definitions and units -- 6.3 Energy versus photons as a measure of PAR -- 6.4 Radiation sensors: general characteristics -- 6.5 Determination of the diffuse and direct components of radiation -- 6.6 Calibration of radiation sensors -- 6.7 Sampling considerations -- 6.8 Photographic estimations of light climate -- 6.9 Spectral radiometry -- 7 Temperature and energy budgets -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Energy budget approach -- 7.3 Variations in air and leaf temperatures with height -- 7.4 Temperature and its measurement -- 7.5 Orientation and its measurement -- 7.6 Calculation of incident solar radiation on different surfaces -- 7.7 Leaf absorptance and its measurement -- 7.8 Boundary layer considerations -- 8 Measurement of transpiration and leaf conductance -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Leaf transpiration rate -- 8.3 Leaf conductance to water vapor -- 8.4 Instrumentation for transpiration measurements -- 8.5 Calibration of water vapor sensors -- 8.6 Systems for measuring transpiration and leaf conductance -- 8.7 Whole-plant measurements of transpiration -- 9 Plant water status, hydraulic resistance and capacitance -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Water potential and its components -- 9.3 Water content -- 9.4 Hydraulic resistance and capacitance -- 9.5 Conclusion -- 10 Approaches to studying nutrient uptake, use and loss in plants -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Nutrient uptake -- 10.3 Nutrient use and nutrient status -- 10.4 Chemical analysis -- 10.5 Nutrient loss -- 11 Photosynthesis: principles and field techniques -- 11.1 The system concept -- 11.2 Principles of photosynthesis measurement -- 11.3 Components of gas-exchange systems -- 11.4 Real photosynthesis systems -- 11.5 Matching instrument to objective -- 11.6 Calibrating photosynthesis systems -- 11.7 Calculating gas-exchange parameters -- 11.8 List of symbols -- 12 Crassulacean acid metabolism -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Measurement of succulence -- 12.3 Nocturnal acidification -- 12.4 Nocturnal CO2 fixation -- 12.5 Analysis of day-night and seasonal patterns of CO2 and H2O vapor exchange -- 12.6 Measurement of photosynthesis and respiration by O2 exchange -- 12.7 Water relations -- 12.8 Stress physiology -- 13 Stable isotopes -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Natural abundances of stable isotopes of ecological interest -- 13.3 Stable isotope mass spectrometry -- 13.4 Sample preparation -- 13.5 Sample variability -- 13.6 Application of stable isotopes in ecological studies -- 14 Canopy structure -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Direct methods -- 14.3 Semidirect methods -- 14.4 Indirect methods -- 14.5 Summary -- 15 Growth, carbon allocation and cost of plant tissues -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Growth analysis -- 15.3 Fate of carbon -- 15.4 Carbon and energy costs of growth and maintenance -- 16 Root systems -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Assessing root system structure and biomass in the field - determining what is there -- 16.3 Determination of root length and surface area -- 16.4 Microscale distributions of roots -- 16.5 Root system turnover and production -- 16.6 Root phenology and growth -- 16.7 Root system function -- 16.8 Root associations -- 16.9 Concluding thoughts -- 17 Field methods used for air pollution research with plants -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 Studies of air pollution absorption -- 17.3 Air pollution instrumentation -- 17.4 Cuvettes -- 17.5 Field fumigation systems and approaches -- 17.6 Summary. 
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