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Plant allometry : the scaling of form and process /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Niklas, Karl J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1994]
Subjects:
Plant allometry.
Table of Contents:
  • Growth and metabolism : Introduction
  • Growth and development
  • Multicellularity and modular construction
  • Size and shape
  • Scaling principles
  • Dimensional analysis
  • The 2/3-power law
  • The 3/4-power law
  • Growth and time
  • Photosynthesis and two physical laws
  • Organ versus organisms
  • Summary
  • Aquatic plants : Introduction
  • Absorption coefficients of water and plant cells
  • The package effect and the scaling of cell geometry and shape
  • The transport equations and dimensionless groupings of variables
  • Fluid flow and mass and heat transport: phytoplankton
  • Self-propulsion: the volvocales
  • The mechanics of ciliary motion
  • Hydrodynamic forces and the mechanics of attached aquatic plants
  • Summary
  • Terrestrial plants : Introduction
  • Heat and mass transfer and boundary layer resistances
  • Stomatal resistances
  • The mechanical scaling of foliage leaves
  • Mechanical design: general considerations
  • The mechanical scaling of tree height
  • The mechanical scaling of other terrestrial plants
  • The scaling of self-thinning
  • Summary.
  • Reproduction : Introduction
  • The scaling of reproductive biomass
  • Flowers, fruits, and seeds
  • Branches and reproductive structures
  • The scaling of long-distance dispersal
  • Size and gender expression
  • Summary
  • Evolution : Introduction
  • Heterochrony
  • Heterauxesis and allomorphosis
  • On being small or large
  • The scaling of the plant life cycle
  • The evolution of plant life histories
  • Summary.