Structure-Function Relations of Warm Desert Plants

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For centuries biologists have been extremely interested in the structure of desert plants as examples of natural selection to harsh environmental conditions. Indeed, desert plants are frequently used as examples in many biology classes and textbooks to illustrate natural selection, but this has led to an unfortunate litany of errors and misconceptions about desert plant adaptations.
This new synthesis focuses on plants of lowland tropical and subtropical arid deserts. Readers will be surprised to discover that many features commonly ascribed to desert plants are rareley observed in the most common species. Instead, the typical structural adaptations of nonsucculent warm desert plants are now viewed as ways to maximize photosynthetic rate.
Desert plants are exposed to harsh environmental conditions, such as heat, drought, intense solar radiation, and strong winds. The book analyses the structural adaptations of these plants that allow them to survive.

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Arthur C. Gibson

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Anpassung Asteraceae Atacama C4-Photosynthese C4-photosynthesis Desert plants Flora Shrub Tree Xeropythen Xylem desert energy balance metabolism physiology

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"This book can be recommended to all researchers working on desert plants." Trends in Plant Sciences
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