The Plant Stem A Microscopic Aspect

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 m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Schweingruber, Fritz H. (-)
Otros Autores: Börner, Annett
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG 2018.
Edición:1st ed. 2018.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009432081506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.