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Contents
1 1.6 View Factors
References
Problems
Chapter 12 Animals and their Environment
12.1 The Energy Budget Concept
12.2 Metabolism
12.3 Latent Heat Exchange
12.4 Conduction of Heat in Animal Coats and Tissue
12.5 Qualitative Analysis of Animal Thermal response
12.6 Operative Temperature
12.7 Applications of the Energy Budget Equation
12.8 The Transient State
12.9 Complexities of Animal Energetics
12.10 Animals and Water
References
Problems
Chapter 13 Humans and their Environment
13.1 Area, Metabolic Rate, and Evaporation
13.2 Survival in Cold Environments
13.3 Wind Chill and Standard Operative Temperature
13.4 Survival in Hot Environments
13.5 The Humid Operative Temperature
13.6 Comfort
References
Problems
Chapter 14 Plants and Plant Communities
14.1 Leaf Temperature
14.2 Aerodynamic Temperature of Plant Canopies
14.3 Radiometric Temperature of Plant Canopies
14.4 Transpiration and the Leaf Energy Budget
14.5 Canopy Transpiration
14.6 Photosynthesis
14.7 Simple Assimilation Models
14.8 Biochemical Models for Assimilation
14.9 Control of Stomatal Conductance
14.10 Optimum Leaf Form
References
Problems
Chapter 15 The Light Environment of Plant Canopies
15.1 Leaf Area Index and Light Transmission Through
Canopies
15.2 Detailed Models of Light Interception by Canopies
15.3 Transmission of Diffuse Radiation