Includes bibliographical references and index.

Coupling of plants to the atmosphere / J.L. Monteith -- Some effects of wind on plants / J. Grace -- The size and significance of differences in the radiation balance of plants and plant communities / G. Stanhill -- Canopy structure, microclimate and the energy budget in different alpine plant communities / A. Cernusca and M.C. Seeber -- Shoot extension and water relations of Circaea lutetiana in sunflecks / F.I. Woodward -- Light quality as an ecological factor / H. Smith -- The exchange of carbon dioxide and air pollutants between vegetation and the atmosphere / M.H. Unsworth -- Turbulent transfer of sulphur dioxide to cereals : a case study / D. Fowler -- Transport and capture of particles by vegetation / A.C. Chamberlain and P. Little -- Stomatal conductance, gaseous exchange and transpiration / P.G. Jarvis -- Stomatal behaviour in alpine plant communities between 600 and 2600 metres above sea level / Ch. K�orner and R. Mayr -- Diffusion resistances in bryophytes / M.C.F. Proctor -- The role of internal factors in controlling evaporation from intertidal algae / H.G. Jones and T.A. Norton -- Water stress as an ecological factor / M.T. Tyree and A.J. Karamanos -- Some limitations and applications of the pressure-volume curve technique in ecophysiological research / H. Richter, F. Duhme, G. Glatzel, T.M. Hinckley and H. Karlic -- The response of photosynthesis to temperature / O. Bj�orkman -- The effect of temperature on the growth and photosynthesis of the temperate Cb4s grass Spartina townsendii / R. Dunn, S.P. Long and S.M. Thomas -- Plant growth in response to variations in temperature : field and laboratory studies / I.H. Rorison -- Assessing plant response to the weather / E.D. Ford and R. Milne -- Thermal time and tea / G.R. Squire -- The use of models in interpreting plant response to weather / J.J. Landsberg -- Controlled environmental agriculture for hot desert regions / J. Gale -- Concluding remarks / A.J. Rutter.