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Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I : BASICS OF LIFE Basic biochemical roots (D.H. Nies) Specialized plant metabolites: diversity and biosynthesis (A. Tissier, J. Ziegler, T. Vogt) Evolution of secondary metabolism in plants (M. Wink) PART II : ECOLOGICAL SIGNATURES OF LIFE Systematics of life, its early evolution, and diversity of its ecological function (D.H. Nies) Communities and ecosystem functioning (H. Rennenberg) Food chains and nutrient cycles (F. Barlocher, H. Rennenberg) PART III : BIOCHEMICAL RESPONSE TO PHYSICOCHEMICAL STRESS (ABIOTIC STRESS) Information processing and survival strategies (I. Heilmann) Oxygen (K.-J. Dietz) Light (T. Kretsch) Water (W. Zschiesche, K. Humbeck) Mineral requirement and insufficiencies (E. Peiter) Mineral deficiencies: Carnivorous plants and fungi (G.-J. Krauss, G. Krauss) Excess of metals (D.H. Nies, E. Freisinger, G.-J. Krauss) Xenobiotics from human impacts (M. Sole, D. Schlosser) PART IV: ORGANISMAL INTERACTIONS (BIOTIC STRESS) The biofilm mode of life (H.-C. Flemming) Rhizosphere interactions (S. Schrey, A. Hartmann, R. Hampp) Plant animal dialogues ( S. Preiss, J. Degenhardt, J. Gershenzon ) PART V: THE METHODOLOGICAL PLATFORM Sensing of pollutant effects and bioremediation (G.-J. Krauss, D. Schlosser) The -omics tool box (D. Schaumloffel) Microscope techniques and single cell analysis (B. Hause, G. Hause)

The first stand-alone textbook for at least ten years on this increasingly hot topic in times of global climate change and sustainability in ecosystems. Ecological biochemistry refers to the interaction of organisms with their abiotic environment and other organisms by chemical means.

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