The radiation regime and architecture of plant stands
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HELMUT LIETH University ofOsnabriick, F.R.G.
THE RADIATION REGIME AND ARCHITECTURE OF PLANT STANDS
JUHAN ROSS
The radiation regime and architecture of plant stands
Dr W. Junk Publishers
The Hague-Boston-London 1981
Distributors: for the (; nited States and Canada
Kluwer Boston, Inc. 190 Old Derby Street Hingham, MA 02043 USA for all other countries
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Distribution Center P.O. Box 322 3300 AH Dordrecht The Netherlands
This volume is listed in the Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
ISBN -13 :978-94-009-8649-7
e-ISBN -13 :978-94-009-8647-3
DOl: 10.1007/978-94-009-8647-3
© 1981 Dr W Junk Publishers, The Hague Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1981
Copyright
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers, Dr W Junk Publishers, P.O. Box 13713,2501 ES The Hague, The Netherlands
Preface by the T:VS Series editor
Dr Ross' book on 'Radiation Regime and Architecture of Plant Stands' is one of the first volumes of a new series of books concerned with the international development of vegetation science. The objective of research in vegetation science has shifted in recent decades from mainly descriptive to analytical and functional topics. The new tasks often require new methods, many of which are recent developments in chemistry and physics. The general use of these methods in vegetation science requires a broader understanding of the theory and the application potential as well. Many of these new approaches need more space for their presentation than journal papers can offer. It is therefore the specific aim of this series, Tasks for Vegetation Science (T:VS) to provide an outlet for such treatments. The series is open to monographic treatments by individual authors or collective efforts during Symposia or other arrangements. Topics should be devoted to the analysis and interpretation of vegetation and plant distribution to structural features or to functional properties. While plants and/or vegetation will be the focal point, interactions between vegetation/soil, vegetation/atmosphere, vegetation/animals or vegetation/microbes will be included. Under the heading 'functions', we understand the functions of the vegetation that influence the environment as well as the functioning of the vegetation within given environmental conditions. Preference will be given to topics which open possibilities for utilizing new methods, techniques or concepts to understand and interpret vegetation patterns and vegetation functions. Descriptive treatments can only be included if the approach to the description is innovative, or significantly necessary for further work in the field. In many cases new developments occur regionally. When the results are immediately useful for practical applications, they are published in the languages of the potential user. If this is not
