Autoecology and Ecophysiology of Woody Shrubs and Trees

Professor Ratikanta Maiti, Visiting Scientist, Forest Science Faculty, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Linares, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Dr Maiti is a world renowned botanist and plant physiologist. He has published around 500 research papers and more than 30 books on plant science and crops, and has received various international awards.Dr Humbero Gonzalez Rodriguez, Director, Forest Science Faculty, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Linares, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.Dr Rodriguez is a renowned plant physiology and author of several books. At UANL he works on various aspects of ecophysiology, with special reference to abiotic stress resistance. He has published more than 150 research papers.Dr Natalya Sergeevna Ivanova, Senior Scientist, Botanical Garden of Ural Branch RAS, Professor of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia. Dr Ivanova is a botanist and forester, and has researched the diversity of forest types and dynamics of forest vegetation in the Urals (Russia) since 1991. She has studied patterns of natural and anthropogenic dynamics of forest vegetation in the mountains of South and Middle Urals, carrying out complex forest geobotanical researches. In 2012 she was awarded the Medal of the VI Vernadsky for success in the development of national science by the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.

• Preface, viiList of contributors, ix1 Background, 1Part I:2 Autoecology, 153 Vegetation and biodiversity, 254 Case study: A trip to regions of biodiversity and rainforest in Riviera Maya, 315 Plant traits, 426 Leaf traits, 747 Wood characteristics, 838 Phenology, 1119 Phenology, morphology and variability in pollen viability of four woody species (Cordia boissieri, Parkinsonia texana, P. aculeata and Leucophyllum frutescens) exposed to environmental temperature, north-eastern Mexico, 12410 Pollen biology and plant productivity: A review, 13311 Seed characteristics, 15812 Tree mortality, 16213 Plant traits related to the productivity of trees, 168Part II:14 Ecophysiology, 18115 Research advances in plant ecophysiology, 19016 Carbon capture, carbon sequestration and carbon fixation, 19917 Plant nutrients, 22018 Litterfall and forest productivity, 23819 Nutrient cycling, 24420 Plant water relations and forest productivity, 24821 Cold tolerance of trees, 26122 Heat stress tolerance of trees, 26623 Seed characteristics, seed dormancy, germination and plant propagation, 27024 Root growth, 27825 Features of boreal forest in Russia: A special study, 28526 Case study: Autoecology, biodiversity and adaptive characteristics of Prosopis in the Arizona region, 312Appendix 1: Leaf Morphology, 325Index, 333