00000cmm a22000005i 4500 UP-99796217611036834 Buklod 20131211090651.0 m o u cr ||||||||||| 131211s2011 xx d u 9784431539186 (eBook) (iLib)UPD-00208004004 DLC DML eng QK 649 K55 2011eb Kikuzawa, Kihachiro 1941- Ecology of leaf longevity [electronic resource] by Kihachiro Kikuzawa, Martin J. Lechowicz. Tokyo Springer Tokyo c2011. 1 online resource (xiii, 147 p.) ill. Ecological research monographs 2191-0707 IP-based subscription, on campus only. Access via Electronic Resources of the UPD University Library Website. Leaf longevity is a fundamental process underlying patterns of variation in foliar phenology and determining the distinction between deciduous and evergreen plant species. Variation in leaf longevity is associated with a wide array of differences in the physiology, anatomy, morphology and ecology of plants. This book brings together for the first time information scattered widely in the botanical literature to provide a clear and comprehensive introduction to the nature and significance of variation in leaf longevity. It traces the development of ideas about leaf longevity from the earliest descriptive studies to contemporary theory of leaf longevity as a key element in the function of leaves as photosynthetic organs. An understanding of variation in leaf longevity reveals much about the nature of adaptation at the whole plant level and provides fundamental insights into the basis of variation in plant productivity at the ecosystem level. The analysis of leaf longevity also provides a process-based perspective on phenological shifts associated with the changing climate. Readers will find this an informative synthesis summarizing and illustrating different views in a readily accessible narrative that draws attention to a central aspect of plant biology. Electronic reproduction. New York SpringerLink c2011. Available via World Wide Web through SpringerLink. Leaves. Plants Longevity. Plant phenology. Leaves Ecology. Electronic books. Kikuzawa, Kihachiro. Lechowicz, Martin J. SpringerLink (Online service). Springer eBooks. Ecological research monographs 2191-0707. Available for University of the Philippines Diliman via SpringerLink. Click here to access http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-4-431-53918-6 (viewed 14 April 2014) FO Monograph UPD DMLR Electronic Resource