Plants at the Margin : Ecological Limits and Climate Change.
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : R M M Crawford
- ناشر : Leiden : Cambridge University Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2008
- شابک / ISBN : 9780511393372
Description
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I: The nature of marginal areas; 1. Recognizing margins; 2 . Biodiversity in marginal areas; Part II: Plant function in marginal areas; 3. Resource acquisition in marginal habitats; 4. Reproduction at the periphery; Part III: Marginal habitats -- selected case histories; 5. Arctic and subarctic treelines and the tundra-taiga interface; 6. Plant survival in a warmer Arctic; 7. Land plants at coastal margins; 8. Survival at the water's edge; 9. Woody plants at the margin; 10. Plants at high altitudes. 11. Man at the margins12. Summary and conclusions; References; Author index; Species index; Subject index.
Beautifully illustrated, thoughtful study of the effects of climate change on plants in marginal areas.
