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040			_aNISER LIBRARY _beng _cNISER LIBRARY
082			_a581.5 _bKOR-A
100			_aKörner, Christian
245			_aAlpine plant life : _bfunctional plant ecology of high mountain ecosystems
250			_a3rd edition
260			_aCham : _bSpringer, _c2021.
300			_axix, 500 pages : _b327 figures and 49 tables
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
520			_aThis book is a completely revised, substantially extended treatment of the physical and biological factors that drive life in high mountains. The book covers the characteristics of alpine plant life, alpine climate and soils, life under snow, stress tolerance, treeline ecology, plant water, carbon, and nutrient relations, plant growth and productivity, developmental processes, and two largely novel chapters on alpine plant reproduction and global change biology. The book explains why the topography driven exposure of plants to dramatic micro-climatic gradients over very short distances causes alpine biodiversity to be particularly robust against climatic change. Geographically, this book draws on examples from all parts of the world, including the tropics. This book is complemented with novel evidence and insight that emerged over the last 17 years of alpine plant research. The number of figures – mostly in color – nearly doubled, with many photographs providing a vividimpression of alpine plant life worldwide.
650			_aMountain plants _xEcology
650			_aMountain plants _xEcophysiology
650			_aAlpine ecology
650			_aPlant ecology
650			_aAlpine climate
650			_aAlpine treelines
856			_3Table of content _uhttps://link.springer.com/content/pdf/bfm:978-3-030-59538-8/1
856			_3Reviews _uhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74151918-alpine-plant-life?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13#CommunityReviews
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