Alpine Plant Life

Alpine Plant Life
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 349
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ISBN-10 : 9783642189708
ISBN-13 : 3642189709
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Book Synopsis Alpine Plant Life by : Christian Körner

Download or read book Alpine Plant Life written by Christian Körner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-06-27 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Generations of plant scientists have been fascinated by alpine plant life - with the exposure of organisms to dramatic climatic gradients over a very short distance. This comprehensive text treats a wide range of topics: alpine climate and soils, plant distribution and the treeline phenomenon, physiological ecology of water-, nutritional- and carbon relations of alpine plants, plant stress and plant development, biomass production, and aspects of human impacts on alpine vegetation. Geographically the book covers all parts of the world including the tropics.This second edition of Alpine Plant Life gives new references, new diagrams, and extensively revised chapters.


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