chapter 1 Methods in Comparative Functional Ecology -- chapter 2 Opportunistic Growth and Desiccation Tolerance: The Ecological Success of Poikilohydrous Autotrophs -- chapter 3 Ecological Significance of Inherent Variation in Relative Growth Rate and Its Components -- chapter 4 The Architecture of Plant Crowns: From Design Rules to Light Capture and Performance -- chapter 5 Structure and Function of Root Systems -- chapter 6 Water Relations and Hydraulic Architecture -- chapter 7 Responses of Plants to Heterogeneous Light Environments -- chapter 8 Acquisition, Use, and Loss of Nutrients -- chapter 9 Functional Attributes in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems -- chapter 10 Tropical Forests: Diversity and Function of Dominant Life-Forms -- chapter 11 Plant Diversity in Tropical Forests -- chapter 12 Arctic Ecology -- chapter 13 Plant Life in Antarctica -- chapter 14 Facilitation in Plant Communities -- chapter 15 Plant Interactions: Competition -- chapter 16 Plant–Herbivore Interaction: Beyond a Binary Vision -- chapter 17 Ecology of Plant Reproduction: Mating Systems and Pollination -- chapter 18 Seed and Seedling Ecology -- chapter 19 Biodiversity and Interactions in the Rhizosphere: Effects on Ecosystem Functioning -- chapter 20 Resistance to Air Pollutants: From Cell to Community -- chapter 21 Canopy Photosynthesis Modeling -- chapter 22 Ecological Applications of Remote Sensing at Multiple Scales -- chapter 23 Generalization in Functional Plant Ecology: The Species- Sampling Problem, Plant Ecology Strategy Schemes, and Phylogeny*.