Stomatal responses, 214
Strahler ordering technique, 108
Streptopus, 136
Stress tolerance, 4
in plants, 207–208
tolerators species, 76
Structuring communities, abiotic factors in, 370
Style–stamen polymorphism, 528
Succisa pratensis, 274
Suillus, 584
Sunfleck light regimes, models for
assimilation model, dynamic, 239
steady-state models
Farquhar–von Cammerer, 239
Johnson–Thornley equation, 239
stomatal model, dynamic, 239
Sunfleck(s)
characteristics, histograms of, 234
growth responses, 241–242
nature of, 233
responses of photosynthesis to, 234–235
usage, factors influencing capacity
to, 236
Superoxide dismutase (SOD), 29, 607, 608
Surface roughness, effects of, 207
Symbiosis, 265, 266
Symbiotic nitrogen-fixers, 582–583
Sympodial branching, 113
Syntopic congeners, 362
Syntrichia ruralis,24
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Tachigalia versicolor, 560
Tagetes
erecta, 586
patula, 586
Takakia,32
Tannins, 483
Taxus, 584
Teloschistes capensis,48
Temporal heterogeneity, 232–233
plasticity of leaves and plants to
increase in Amax, 243
photoinhibition, 243
two modes of acclimation, 243
Terminalia, 120
Terpenoids, 484
Terrestrial vascular plants, 12
architecture of, 103
Tetraberlinia tubmaniana, 320
Tetramorium caespitum, 500
Tetraphis,32
Thallose hygrophytic liverworts, 17
Thaumetopoea pityocampa, 498
Thelephora, 584
Themeda, 496
triandra, 440
Thevetia ahouai, 127, 129
Thiphene R–terthienyl, 586
Timber species, regeneration of, 562
Tortula ruralis, 17, 24
Tracheids, 104
Trachypogon plumosus,91
Tragopogon pratense, 554
Traits, competitive ability and, 464–465
Trampling intensity, 73–74
Transport rates (TRs), 263
Trebouxia,30
Treefall gaps, 357
Tree ring analysis, 315
Trientalis europaea, 495
Trifolium
arvense, 613
pratense, 495
pretense, (red clover) 617
repens, (white clover) 231, 615, 618
Triose-phosphate utilization (TPU), 637
Tripogon,39
Tritrophic systems, 496–497
Tropical biomes, 358
Tropical ecosystems, 314
Tropical forest(s), 318, 319, 351, 362
antiherbivore defenses in, 353
carbon uptake and organic matter
production, 328
characteristic structural feature of, 332
coexistence mechanism of
competitive exclusion, 355, 357–358
intermediate disturbance, 353
life history trade-offs, 353–354
niche differentiation, 352–353
pest pressure, 353–354, 361
sunfleck occurrence, 357
treefalls reinforce, 357
diversity, origins of, 358
mycorrhizal symbiosis role of, 326–327
nutrient supply in, 327
plant species densities in, 359
Tropical palms, 330
Tropical region climate, 314
Trunk inclination, 135
Tundra ecosystems, 375
biogeochemical models of, 378
Turgor pressure
greater, 177
and osmotic potential, effects of, 179
Tussock tundra, species in, 376
Two-phase resource dynamics model, 466
Typha latifolia, 440, 446
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