Plant Responses to Air Pollution and Global Change

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 304 pages
• Published by: Springer
• Edition: 1st Edition July 25, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 4431310134
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-4431310136
• Book Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 1.2 pounds

From Publishers Weekly
大気汚染、CO2濃度増加、温暖化など様々な環境変化に対して、植物が分子生物学的、生理学的にどうのように反応するか、あるいは個体・群落の植物生産として、さらには生態系としてどうのように反応するかを多面的に扱った書籍.植物科学、環境科学(大気汚染)などに関わる研究者にお薦め.
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Product Description


The main impetus for climate change is the elevated concentration of CO₂ in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide and air pollutants arise largely from the same industrial sources and are diffused throughout the world, so that air pollution is also part of global change. The impacts on plants have complex interrelationships and lead to changes in land cover and atmospheric and soil environments. Plant metabolism of CO₂ and air pollutants and gas fluxes in plant ecosystems influence global gas cycles as well. This book includes current topics on plant metabolism of air pollutants and elevated CO₂, responses of whole plants and plant ecosystems, genetics and molecular biology for functioning improvement, experimental ecosystems and climate change research, global carbon-cycle monitoring in plant ecosystems, and other important issues. The authors, conducting research in Europe, the United States, Australia, and East Asia, present a wealth of information on their work in the field.