Plants In Alpine Regions

Author : Jim Pojar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781551058924
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alpine Plants of the Northwest written by Jim Pojar and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These experienced and highly respected nature writers have produced an outstanding field guide to the plants that grow above the tree line, at the higher elevations of the Rockies and Cascades, and other ranges of the Western Cordillera of North America. Here is comprehensive information on almost 1,200 species of trees, shrubs, wildflowers, and more, with over 2,000 illustrations: color photos, line drawings and range maps.

Author : Christian Körner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 364298018X
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alpine Plant Life written by Christian Körner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Generations of plant scientists have been fascinated by alpine plant lifean ecosystem that experiences dramatic climatic gradients over a very short distance. This comprehensive book examines a wide range of topics including alpine climate and soils, plant distribution and the treeline phenomenon, plant stress and development, global change at high elevation, and the human impact on alpine vegetation. Geographically, the book covers all parts of the world including the tropics.

Author : Edward Alexander Newell Arber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plant Life in Alpine Switzerland written by Edward Alexander Newell Arber and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Harold Mooney
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520278801
Total Pages : 1008 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ecosystems of California written by Harold Mooney and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This long-anticipated reference and sourcebook for CaliforniaÕs remarkable ecological abundance provides an integrated assessment of each major ecosystem typeÑits distribution, structure, function, and management. A comprehensive synthesis of our knowledge about this biologically diverse state, Ecosystems of California covers the state from oceans to mountaintops using multiple lenses: past and present, flora and fauna, aquatic and terrestrial, natural and managed. Each chapter evaluates natural processes for a specific ecosystem, describes drivers of change, and discusses how that ecosystem may be altered in the future. This book also explores the drivers of CaliforniaÕs ecological patterns and the history of the stateÕs various ecosystems, outlining how the challenges of climate change and invasive species and opportunities for regulation and stewardship could potentially affect the stateÕs ecosystems. The text explicitly incorporates both human impacts and conservation and restoration efforts and shows how ecosystems support human well-being. Edited by two esteemed ecosystem ecologists and with overviews by leading experts on each ecosystem, this definitive work will be indispensable for natural resource management and conservation professionals as well as for undergraduate or graduate students of CaliforniaÕs environment and curious naturalists.

Author : Graham Nicholls
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781417558490
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alpine Plants of North America written by Graham Nicholls and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North America is replete with beautiful aplines, and this guide is equally useful to the traveler or the gardener for its identification, propagation, and cultivation information.

Author : Jim Jermyn
Publisher : Timber Pr
ISBN 13 : 9780881927344
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alpine Plants Of Europe written by Jim Jermyn and published by Timber Pr. This book was released on 2005 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this reference, gardeners can successfully replicate alpine plants' native conditions, allowing them to grow such choice alpines as gentians, daphnes, and Dianthus. Dramatic photographs and descriptions take readers through the Pyrenees, Alps, Balkans, and Carpathians to capture the charms of these unique mountain plants.

Author : Cornelius Lütz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9783709101360
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plants in Alpine Regions written by Cornelius Lütz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together experts from different fields, who used a broad spectrum of methods to investigate the physiological and cellular adaptation of alpine plants from the tree line to the upper limits. Some articles link alpine plant physiology with physiological adaptations observed in polar plants. Tolerance against often high light intensities (including UV), cold or freezing temperatures, in addition to the need for fast tissue development, flowering, and propagation that is managed by alpine plants are to some extent underrepresented in recent research. This volume considers ice formation and winter conditions in alpine plants; the fate of cryophilic algae and microorganisms; cell structural adaptations; sexual reproduction in high altitudes; the physiology of photosynthesis, antioxidants, metabolites, carbon and nitrogen; and the influences of microclimate (temperatures at the plant level, heat tolerance), UV light, weather and ozone. Further information on life processes in alpine extreme environments may additionally yield new insights into the range of adaptation processes in lowland plants.

Author : J. E. G. Good
Publisher : Timber Press (OR)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alpine Plants written by J. E. G. Good and published by Timber Press (OR). This book was released on 2007 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise introduction to the science behind the success of alpine plants, this fascinating and accessible book will enable gardeners to tailor their cultivation practices in lowland gardens to mimic the alpine habitat as closely as possible.

Author : Russell K. Monson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9781461475002
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ecology and the Environment written by Russell K. Monson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, plant biology is considered from the perspective of plants and their surrounding environment, including both biotic and abiotic interactions. The intended audience is undergraduate students in the middle or final phases of their programs of study. Topics are developed to provide a rudimentary understanding of how plant-environment interactions span multiple spatiotemporal scales, and how this rudimentary knowledge can be applied to understand the causes of ecosystem vulnerabilities in the face of global climate change and expansion of natural resource use by human societies. In all chapters connections are made from smaller to larger scales of ecological organization, providing a foundation for understanding plant ecology. Where relevant, environmental threats to ecological systems are identified and future research needs are discussed. As future generations take on the responsibility for managing ecosystem goods and services, one of the most effective resources that can be passed on is accumulated knowledge of how organisms, populations, species, communities and ecosystems function and interact across scales of organization. This book is intended to provide some of that knowledge, and hopefully provide those generations with the ability to avoid some of the catastrophic environmental mistakes that prior generations have made.

Author : Ansgar Hoppe
Publisher : Pelagic Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781907807404
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Field Guide to the Flowers of the Alps written by Ansgar Hoppe and published by Pelagic Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the colourful world of alpine flowers. This practical book will help you make a quick, reliable identification of over 500 species illustrated with colour photographs. For each plant the common name, scientific name, flowering time, plant height, protected status, and distribution (habitat and altitude) are described.