Alpine treelines : functional ecology of the global high elevation tree limits /
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| Author / Creator: | Körner, Christian, 1949- |
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| Imprint: | Basel ; London : Springer, 2012. |
| Description: | 1 online resource : ill. (some col.). |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8874086 |
Table of Contents:
- High elevation treelines
- Definitions and conventions
- Treeline patterns
- Treeline climate
- Global mountain statistics based on treeline elevation
- Structure and stature of treeline trees
- Growth and development
- Evolutionary adjustments to life at the treeline
- Reproduction, early life stages and tree demography
- Freezing and other forms of stress
- Water, nutrient and carbon relations
- Treeline formation - currently, in the past and in the future.