The Plant Stem
Autor Fritz H. Schweingruber, Annett Börneren Limba Engleză Hardback – 9 iul 2018
The amount of text is reduced to a minimum, and the scientific information is highlighted with short legends and labeled photographs, allowing readers to focus on the pictures to easily understand how the anatomical structures relate to genetic, ecological, decomposition and technical influences. It includes a chapter devoted to simple anatomical preparation techniques, and further chapters showing the cell content, cell walls, meristematic tissues and stem structures of all major taxonomic units and morphological growth forms in various ecological and climatic regions from subarctic to equatorial latitudes, as well as structures of fossil, subfossil and technically altered wood.
This textbook appeals to students and researchers in the fields of plant anatomy, taxonomy, ecology, dendrochronology, history, plant pathology, and evolutionary biology as well as to technologists.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9783319735238
ISBN-10: 3319735233
Pagini: 216
Ilustrații: VII, 207 p.
Dimensiuni: 215 x 285 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.77 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2018
Editura: Springer
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
ISBN-10: 3319735233
Pagini: 216
Ilustrații: VII, 207 p.
Dimensiuni: 215 x 285 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.77 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2018
Editura: Springer
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
Cuprins
Introduction.- Preparation techniques - Making anatomical structures visible.- Morphology of the plant body.- Cellular composition of the plant bodies.- Structure of cell walls and cell contents.- Primary, secondary and tertiary meristem.- Stem anatomical structures of major taxonomic units.- Evolution of stems.- Anatomical adaptions to permanent changed environmental conditions.- Anatomical adaptions to temporarily changed environmental conditions.- Coexistence of algae, fungi and vascular plants.- Wood decay.- Fossilization, permineralization, coalification, carbonization and wetwood conservation.- Technically altered wood products.
Notă biografică
Professor Fritz Hans Schweingruber passed away on January 7, 2020, shortly before his 84th birthday. Being one of the most famous dendrochronologists and plant anatomists in the world, he has contributed, through his extensive work, to the establishment of tree-ring research as an internationally recognized scientific field. He has built a dendrochronological network at his home institution, the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) in Birmensdorf, which has contributed decisively to long-term climate research and understanding of global climate change. As a biologist, Schweingruber collected himself most of the data during numerous expeditions to all continents. His research has resulted in more than 160 scientific articles and 35 books on dendrochronology and plant anatomy. After retirement in 2001, Schweingruber continued his research with a focus on anatomical analysis of herbs and dwarf shrubs around the world. One of his most important projects was a comparative study of the anatomical traits of cold-adapted plants of the Alps, High Arctic and Himalayas. One of his main achievements is a truly unique collection of anatomical micro-sections of more than 5,000 species of trees, shrubs, forbs and grasses. Sample analysis and microscopy were his way of discovering new worlds and critically challenging existing knowledge. One of his recent interests was to investigate the anatomy of often neglected groups of plants (grasses, sedges) or plant organs (petiole, fruit stalk and tree bark). In 2013, Fritz Schweingruber came up with the idea of creating an anatomical atlas of aquatic and wetland plants of Central Europe and we are grateful that we have been part of this adventure. Unfortunately, he had passed away shortly before the book appeared.
Textul de pe ultima copertă
This unique and attractive open access textbook combines the beauty of macroscopic pictures of plant stems with the corresponding colorfully stained images of anatomical micro-structures. In contrast to most botanical textbooks, it presents all the stem characteristics as photographs and shows the microscopic reality.
The amount of text is reduced to a minimum, and the scientific information is highlighted with short legends and labeled photographs, allowing readers to focus on the pictures to easily understand how the anatomical structures relate to genetic, ecological, decomposition and technical influences. It includes a chapter devoted to simple anatomical preparation techniques, and further chapters showing the cell content, cell walls, meristematic tissues and stem structures of all major taxonomic units and morphological growth forms in various ecological and climatic regions from subarctic to equatorial latitudes, as well as structures of fossil, subfossiland technically altered wood.This textbook appeals to students and researchers in the fields of plant anatomy, taxonomy, ecology, dendrochronology, history, plant pathology, and evolutionary biology as well as to technologists.
Caracteristici
Published with open access Includes more than 1400 attractive color images Offers a perfect combination of the anatomy of plants, their function and the beauty of natural forms All included microscopic slides are new