TY - BOOK ID - 8531710 TI - Ecological biochemistry : environmental and interspecies interactions AU - Krauss, Gerd-Joachim AU - Nies, Dietrich H. PY - 2015 SN - 9783527316502 9783527686063 9783527685998 9783527686001 9783527685981 PB - Weinheim : Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co, DB - UniCat KW - Biochimie KW - biochemistry KW - composé biochimique KW - Biochemical compounds KW - Génie biochimique KW - biochemical engineering KW - Réaction biochimique KW - Biochemical reactions KW - Voie biochimique du métabolisme KW - Biochemical pathways KW - environment KW - Interactions biologiques KW - biological interaction KW - Relation plante animal KW - plant animal relations KW - Écologie chimique KW - chemical ecology KW - Écologie animale KW - animal ecology KW - Phytoécologie KW - plant ecology KW - Métabolite KW - Metabolites KW - Écosystème KW - ecosystems KW - Basic Sciences. Chemistry KW - Environmental Sciences and Forestry. Ecology KW - Biochemistry KW - Ecology (General) KW - Biochemistry. KW - Ecology (General). UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8531710 AB - 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. Biotic and abiotic factors determine the biochemical flexibility of organisms, which otherwise easily adapt to environmental changes by altering their metabolism. Sessile plants, in particular, have evolved intricate biochemical response mechanisms to fit into a changing environment. This book covers the chemistry behind these interactions, bottom up from the atomic to the system's level. An introductory part explains the physico-chemical basis and biochemical roots of living cells, leading to secondary metabolites as crucial bridges between organisms and the respective ecosystem. The focus then shifts to the biochemical interactions of plants, fungi and bacteria within terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems with the aim of linking biochemical insights to ecological research, also in human-influenced habitats. A section is devoted to methodology, which allows network-based analyses of molecular processes underlying systems phenomena. ER -