Danke für die Antworten - ja, der Text ist völlig anders als der Rest der Arbeit. Sollte gezielt kein wissenschaftler Stil sein, wobei ich dann doch teilweise wieder in die alten Formulierungen falle, so dass es dann doch grad wieder nicht besonders verständlich ist.
Ich bin damit noch überhaupt nicht im Reinen (ich finde, man merkt ein bisschen, dass ich lieber im Garten gearbeitet hätte anstatt zu schreiben), ich hab es nur gepostet, um die (sonst zu erwartende) Frage zu beantworten, um was für eine Art Text es denn geht.
Immerhin hat es mir als Einstieg ins Schreiben der Einleitung geholfen ^^
Of the miracles - or characteristics - of all living organisms, plants, animals and fungi share a seemingly self-organizing structure, metabolic activity, the ability to experience their surroundings and react to them, and, most importantly, the ability to reproduce.
However, there is one characteristic of life is that is unique to the animal kingdom: the ability to move.
While fungi usually grow in protected places with fairly stable conditions, plants rely on the sunlight. They have to emerge from the soil, subjecting themselves to the ever-changing and often hostile conditions on the surface with wind, burning heat, pathogens and predators.
While aquatic plants are entrusted to the erratic movements of their surroundings, rooted plants have but one way to move: growth. And as annoying as this may be for a gardener, as limited it is for an organism trying to escape from detrimental conditions or from a predator feeding on it.
Like this, plants had to become experts in two of the other "disciplines" of life: An astonishing ability to analyse their environment and plan ahead, as well as an extremely adaptable metabolism.
The hazards plants have to deal with are various, and so are the plants' specific metabolic responses. However, there is one main characteristic of stress reactions that is always the same: Whether the plant loses leaves to a predator or has to shut down its photosynthetic activity in response to drought - each and every "stress" will at some point cause serious disturbances in the plant's energy budget.
This means that the first step to understanding the sophisticated ways in which plants react to stress is to understand the way they react to a lack of energy. This is what this work is dedicated to: Understanding the ways how plants manage to survive "when the lights go out".
P.S.: Es ist mir klar, dass das viel zu lang ist, um kostenlos eine vollständige Korrektur zu erwarten. Sollte diese Arbeit jemals fertig werden, werd ich sowieso jemanden für eine abschließende Korrektur bezahlen. Aber ich freu mich natürlich trotzdem über jegliche Korrektur, man lernt ja immer gerne dazu.
Außerdem nützt es mir sehr, wenn Nicht-Pflanzenphysiologen dabei helfen, das Ding halbwegs verständlich zu machen.
