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Inherent Variation in Plant Growth
edited by Hans Lambers, Hendrik Poorter and Margret M. I. Van Vuuren 1998, viii and
592 pages with 159 figures and 56 tables, 1 colour plate. Hardbound.
ISBN 90.73348.96.X
Dutch Guilders 290.00/ US$ 152.00
Plants that occur naturally in harsh environments grow slower than those from more favourable habitats. These differences in growth rates persist when plants from contrasting environments are grown under favourable conditions. This raises a number of questions: What are the physiological mechanisms that account for the differences in maximum growth rate between species? What is the ecological advantage conferred by a species' growth potential? How did the suites of traits thar are associated with either fast-growing or slow-growing species evolve? This volume covers research on inherent variation in plant growth at different levels of integration. Topics include: root elongation and leaf expansion at the cellular level, carbon and nutrient economies of individual plants, comparative growth analyses of species from contrasting enviroment and life forms, and assessments of the ecological significance of traits that have evolved in species from contrasting habitats. In the final chapter the state of art of our knowledge is evaluated and challenges for research during the next decade are identified.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Research on variation in plant growth rate - introduction Hans Lambers, Hendrik Poorrer and Margret M.I. Van Vuuren I Growth and anatomy of roots and leaves The cell cycle and plant growth Dennis Francis Control of root growth: cell walls and turgor Jeremy Pritchard Physiological mechanisms controlling the rate of leaf growth Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh, Rainer Stahlberg and Lieve Bultynck Root morphology and anatomy of fast- and slow-growing grass species M. Ciamporova, K. Dekankova, M. Ovecka, Quantitative anatomy of photosynthetic tissues of plants species of different functional types in a boreal vegetation Vladimir I. Pyankov Larissa A. Ivanova and Hans Lambers Specific leaf area and functional leaf anatomy in Western Australian seagrasses Marion L. Cambridge and Hans Larnbers II Carbon metabolism and nutrient acquisition Photosynthetic characteristics of fast- and slow-growing species John R. Evans Induction of leaf senescence and shade acclimation in leaf canopies - variation with leaflongevity Thijs L. Pens and Wilco Jordi Root respiration of fast- and slow-growing plants, as dependent on genotype and nitrogen supply: a major clue to the functioning of slow-growing plants Halls Lambers, Ingeborg Scheurwater, Catarina Mata and Oscar W. Nagel Interactions between root exudates, mineral nutrition and plant growth Peter R. Darrah Allocation: allometry, acclimation -- and alchemy? John Farrar and Slzeila Gunn Transgenic plants as a tool to analyse the mechanistic basis for variation in plant growth William Paul Quick Mechanisms for N-uptake and their running costs; is there scope for more efficiency David Clarkson Responses of wild plants to nutrient patches in relation to growth rate andlife-form David Robinson and Margret M.I. Van Vuuren III Growth analysis of individual plants Slow-growing alpine and fast-growing lowland species: a case study of factors associated with variation in growth rate among herbaceous higher plants under natural and controlled conditions Owen K. Atkin and Hans Lambers Variation in growth and water-use efficiency - a comparison of Aegiloys L. species and Triticum aestivum L. cultivars Riki Van Den Boogaard and Rafael Villar Is inherent variation in RGR determined by LAR at low irradiance and by NAR at high irradiance? A review of herbaceous species. Hendrik Poorter and Adrie Van Der Werf Growth and carbon partitioning of tropical tree seedlings in contrasting light environments Erik J. Veneklaas and Lourens Poorler Variation in relative growth rate among woody species J.H.C. Cornelissen, P. Castro-Diez, and A.L. Carnelli, The statistical modelling of plant growth and its components using structural equations Bill Shipley and Driss Meziane Is plant growth rate related to disease resistance? Ellis Hoffland, Michael J. Jeger and Marinas L. Van Beusichem Crop physiology, QTL analysis and plant breeding Piet Stam IV Consequences for ecosystem functioning Intra- and interspecific variation in root length, root turnover and the underlying parameters Peter Ryser Variation among plant species in leaf turnover rates and associated traits: implications for growth at all life stages Peter B. Reich The importance of relative growth rate and associated traits for competition between species during vegetation succession Atlrie Van Der Werf, Rob H.E.M. Geerts, Frans H.H. Jacobs, Heirz Korevaar; Mattheus J.M. Oomes and Willem De Visser Adaptations of plant populations to nutrient-poor environments and their implications for soil nutrient mineralisation Flank Berendse, Wim Braakhekke and Tanja Van Der Krift Nitrogen-use efficiency from leaf to stand level: clarifying the concept Eric Garnier and James Aronson Phylogeny and variation in light capture area deployed per unit investment in leaves: Designs for selecting study species with a view to generalising Mark Westoby, SaulA. Cunningham, Carlos R. Fonseca, Jacob McC. Overton and Ian J. Wright Epilogue: Research on the control of plant growth - where do we go next? Hans Lambers Index Index of authors