Alpine Treelines Functional Ecology of the Global High Elevation Tree Limits

Alpine Treelines Functional Ecology of the Global High Elevation Tree Limits / by Christian Körner.

Alpine treelines mark the low-temperature limit of tree growth and occur in mountains world-wide. Presenting a companion to his book Alpine Plant Life, Christian Körner provides a global synthesis of the treeline phenomenon from sub-arctic to equatorial latitudes and a functional explanation based o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Körner, Christian (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel : Springer Basel : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edition:1st ed. 2012.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Plant ecology.
Plant physiology.
Trees.
Forestry.
Physical geography.
Geoecology.
Environmental geology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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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 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
  • References
  • Taxonomic index
  • Subject index.

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