Trees at their Upper Limit Treelife Limitation at the Alpine Timberline /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Wieser, Gerhard (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Tausz, Michael (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Σειρά: Plant Ecophysiology, 5
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Plant ecology.; Forestry.; Trees.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Tree Biology.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Ecology.

Emerging from decades of intensive research into alpine timberlines, Trees at their Upper Limit presents a complete modern synthesis of current knowledge on the ecophysiology of tree growth and survival on high mountains in Europe. Including chapters on soil properties and the role or mycorrhiza, ca...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Current Concepts for Treelife Limitation at the Upper Timberline
• Climate at the Upper Timberline
• Soils - Heterogeneous at a Microscale
• Mycorrhiza in the Alpine Timberline Ecotone: Nutritional Implications
• Vegetation at the Upper Timberline
• Limitation by an Insufficient Carbon Assimilation and Allocation
• Limitation by Growth Processes
• Limits in Water Relations
• Phytopathogens at the Alpine Timberline
• Frost Resistance at the Upper Timberline
• Photo-Oxidative Stress at the Timberline
• Global Change at the Upper Timberline
• Synopsis.