Tropical Alpine Environments: Plant Form and Function - Couverture souple

Rundel, Philip W.

 
9780521054119: Tropical Alpine Environments: Plant Form and Function
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521054117 ISBN 13 : 9780521054119
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This book examines the unique form, function and physiology of tropical alpine plants.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Plants growing in tropical alpine environments (at altitudes above the closed canopy forest and below the limit of plant life) have evolved distinct forms to cope with a hostile environment characterized by cold, drought and fire. Unlike temperate alpine environments, where there are distinct seasons of favourable and unfavourable conditions for growth, tropical alpine habitats present summer conditions every day and winter conditions every night. Using examples from all over the tropics, this fascinating account reviews, for the first time, the unique form and functional relationships of tropical alpine plants examining both their physiological ecology and population biology. It will appeal to anyone interested in tropical vegetation and plant physiological adaptations to hostile environment, as well as to researchers in biogeography and ecology.

Revue de presse

'All in all, I liked this book very much. It covers a fascinating subject in a concise and readable style. It is a significant and useful contribution to any tropical alpine specialist's bookshelf, and deserves a general readership amongst curious plant ecologists and students.' Mountain Research and Development

'... I feel sure that the teacher, researcher, specialist and general reader will find this well-presented volume a great stimulus to a new generation of young biologists who are just about to discover ecology, the tropics and high mountains.' Annal of Botany

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521054117
ISBN 13 
9780521054119
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
392
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Avery
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780521420891: Tropical Alpine Environments: Plant Form and Function

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  052142089X ISBN 13 :  9780521420891
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1994
Couverture rigide