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050	0	4	_aQK474.5 _b.T75 1994
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245	0	0	_aTropical alpine environments : _bplant form and function / _cedited by Philip W. Rundel, Alan P. Smith, F.C. Meinzer.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1994.
300			_a1 online resource (xiv, 376 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0		_a1. Introduction to tropical alpine vegetation / A.P. Smith -- 2. Tropical alpine climates / P.W. Rundel -- 3. Paramo microclimate and leaf thermal balance of Andean giant rosette plants / F.C. Meinzer, G. Goldstein and F. Rada -- 4. Comparative water relations of tropical alpine plants / F.C. Meinzer, G. Goldstein and P.W. Rundel -- 5. Cold tolerance in tropical alpine plants / E. Beck -- 6. Anatomy of tropical alpine plants / S. Carlquist -- 7. Environmental biology of a tropical treeline species, Polylepis sericea / G. Goldstein, F.C. Meinzer and F. Rada -- 8. Morphological and physiological radiation in paramo Draba / W.A. Pfitsch -- 9. Sediment-based carbon nutrition in tropical alpine Isoetes / J.E. Keeley, D.A. DeMason, R. Gonzalez and K.R. Markham -- 10. Functional significance of inflorescence pubescence in tropical alpine species of Puya / G.A. Miller -- 11. Turnover and conservation of nutrients in the pachycaul Senecio keniodendron / E. Beck.
520			_aPlants growing in tropical alpine environments (at altitudes above the closed canopy forest and below the limit of plant life) have evolved distinct forms to cope with a hostile environment characterized by cold, drought and fire. Unlike temperate alpine environments, where there are distinct seasons of favourable and unfavourable conditions for growth, tropical alpine habitats present summer conditions every day and winter conditions every night. Using examples from all over the tropics, this fascinating account reviews, for the first time, the unique form and functional relationships of tropical alpine plants examining both their physiological ecology and population biology. It will appeal to anyone interested in tropical vegetation and plant physiological adaptations to hostile environment, as well as to researchers in biogeography and ecology.
650		0	_aMountain plants _zTropics.
650		0	_aMountain plants _xEcophysiology _zTropics.
700	1		_aRundel, Philip W. _q(Philip Wilson), _eeditor.
700	1		_aSmith, Alan P., _eeditor.
700	1		_aMeinzer, F. C. _q(Fredrick C.), _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521420891
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511551475
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