Alpine Plant Life: Functional Plant Ecology of High Mountain Ecosystems

Körner, Christian

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.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2003-07-14

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783540003472

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-18970-8

Dimensions: 242cm x193cm

Pages: 349