420 Pages
by
Routledge
424 Pages
by
Routledge
420 Pages
by
Routledge
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^iEco-Hydrology is the first book to offer an overview of the complex relationships between plants and water across a wide range of terrestrial and aquatic environments. Leading ecologists and hydrologists present reviews of the eco-hydrology of drylands, wetlands, temperate and tropical rain forests, streams, and rivers and lakes. Contents include:
* background information on the water relations of plants, from individual cells to strands of plants
* the role of mathematical models in eco-hydrology
* explanations of how plants affect patterns and rates of water movement and storage in a range of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
1: Introduction; 2: Water Relations of Plants; 3: Scales of Interaction in Eco-Hydrological Relations; 4: Plants and Water in Drylands; 5: Water and Plants in Freshwater Wetlands; 6: Plants and Water in Forests and Woodlands; 7: Plants and Water in Streams and Rivers; 8: Plants and Water in and Adjacent to Lakes; 9: Modelling; 10: The Future of Eco-Hydrology
Biography
Andrew J. Baird, Robert L. Wilby
`...Fills a much needed market.' - - Dr David Gilvear, Stirling University
