Responses of Organisms to Water Stress

• अन्य लेखक: Akıncı, Sener (संपादक)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: IntechOpen 2013
• विषय: Hydrology & the hydrosphere
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The same amount of water has been present on our planet for about 4 billion years, since shortly after the Earth was formed. Since then it has cycled through evaporation, condensation, precipitation and surface runoff multiple times. Water scarcity as an abiotic factor ranging from moderate to sever...