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Plants and Microclimate: A Quantitative Approach to Environmental Plant Physiology

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All the editions of this book proved to be amazing compilations of information about the physical processes involved in plant physiology.
Jones reviews one by one, thermal, radiative, gaseous, ... properties, of plants in a clear concise yet exhaustive way.
Recommended for all serious scholars in plant sciences, environmental sciences, and agriculture

Not a fun light read, yet accurately summarizes concepts in one coherent place that I learned from scattered and more difficult to read sources. I haven't read the whole book, but feel it would have saved me time in understanding evapotranspiration.

The book covers how plants respond to their microclimate and thus introduce climate regulation as plant communities impact the atmospheric microclimate around them. Solid references give a serious novice a firm launching point in their quantitative studies.

Do not expect tables of plant specific parameters from this book, nor how specific soil or atmospheric characteristics impact plant development and morphology (although bulk crop yield is covered). The equations presented model heat, gas, and chemical transport mechanisms between plant and air.