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Alpine plant life : functional plant ecology of high mountain ecosystems | Körner, Christian

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Author: Körner, Christian

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Added Date: 2015-12-30

Publication Date: 1999

Language: eng

Subjects: Mountain plants, Mountain plants

Publishers: Berlin ; New York : Springer

Collections: folkscanomy miscellaneous, folkscanomy, additional collections

ISBN Number: 3540650547, 3540654380

Pages Count: 600

PPI Count: 600

PDF Count: 1

Total Size: 572.05 MB

PDF Size: 69.5 MB

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Edition: 2nd ed.

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Alpine Plant Life: Functional Plant Ecology of High Mountain Ecosystems
Author: Professor Dr. Christian Körner
Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg
ISBN: 978-3-540-65438-4
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-98018-3

Table of Contents:

  • Plant ecology at high elevations
  • The alpine life zone
  • Alpine climate
  • The climate plants experience
  • Life under snow: protection and limitation
  • Alpine soils
  • Alpine treelines
  • Climatic stress
  • Water relations
  • Mineral nutrition
  • Uptake and loss of carbon
  • Carbon investments
  • Growth dynamics
  • Cell division and tissue formation
  • Plant biomass production
  • Plant reproduction
  • Global change at high elevation

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-329) and indexes
Mode of access: Internet
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