| Description |
xvi, 395 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-380) and indexes. |
| 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 -- Organs 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. |
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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. |
| Subject |
Plant allometry.
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Plant allometry. |
| Indexed Term |
Plants Development |
| ISBN |
0226580806 alkaline paper |
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0226580814 paperback alkaline paper |
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