Polar and alpine tundra
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Polar and alpine tundra
（Ecosystems of the world, 3）
Elsevier, 1997
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Description
This book describes the structure and function of life and the environment in polar tundra and tundra-like terrestrial alpine ecosystems in various parts of the world. Polar and alpine tundra have many similarities, but also differences. Particularly when moving towards the equator, high mountains show strong differences from polar regions. However, the similarities justify the presentation of polar and alpine tundra in the same volume. This volume is unique in its comprehensive coverage on all aspects of polar and alpine tundra. The extensive Russian chapters contain information previously not available in the west.
Table of Contents
Preface. Introduction (F.E. Wielgolaski). Adaptation in plants (F.E. Wielgolaski). Adaptations to the alpine environment in insects and other terrestrial arthropods (L. Somme). Fennoscandian tundra (F.E. Wielgolaski). Tundra ecosystems of Iceland (T.E. Thorhallsdottir). The high-mountain ecosystems of the Alps (G. Grabherr). Structure and function of subalpine ecosystems in the Carpathians (K.A. Malinovsky). Geography and organization of high-mountain ecosystems in the former USSR (R.I. Zlotin). Alpine vegetation types of the central Himalaya (G. Miehe). High-mountain areas of tropical Africa. (O. Hedberg). Alpine tundra of southern Africa (D.J.B. Killick). North American alpine ecosystems (J.S. Campbell). Ecology of south American paramos with emphasis on the fauna of the Venezuelan paramos (A. Diaz et al.). New Zealand alpine ecosystems (A.F. Mark, K.J.M. Dickinson). Tundra diversity and ecological characteristics of svalbard (A. Elvebakk). Arctic ecosystems in Russia (Yu Chernov, N.V. Matveyeva). Live and dead reserves and primary production in polar desert, tundra and forest tundra of the former Soviet Union (N.I. Bazilevich, A.A. Tishkov) (in cooperation with G.E. Vilchek). Chemical elements in plants of the polar belt of Russia (N.I. Bazilevich). Arctic ecosystems of North America (L.C. Bliss). Greenland. (J. Boecher, P.M. Petersen). Antarctic Terrestrial ecosystems (H. Kanda, V. Komarkova). Author index.
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