{"product_id":"tropical-alpine-environments-plant-form-and-function-paperback-9780521054119","title":"Tropical Alpine Environments; Plant Form and Function (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521054119","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTropical Alpine Environments\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePlant Form and Function\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book examines the unique form, function and physiology of tropical alpine plants.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePhilip W. Rundel (Edited by), Alan P. Smith (Edited by), F. C. Meinzer (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521054119, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 January 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e392 pages, 135 b\/w illus.  54 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.7 x 1.9 cm, 0.551 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… I feel sure that the teacher, researcher, specialist and general reader will find this well-presented volume a great stimulus to a new generation of young biologists who are just about to discover ecology, the tropics and high mountains.' Annal of Botany\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePlants 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction to tropical alpine vegetation A. P. Smith\u003cbr\u003e 2. Tropical alpine climates P. W. Rundel\u003cbr\u003e 3. Páramo microclimate and leaf thermal balance of Andean giant rosette plants F. C. Meinzer, G. Goldstein and F. Rada\u003cbr\u003e 4. Comparative water relations of tropical alpine plants F. C. Meinzer, G. Goldstein and P. W. Rundel\u003cbr\u003e 5. Cold tolerance in tropical alpine plants E. Beck\u003cbr\u003e 6. Anatomy of tropical alpine plants S. Carlquist\u003cbr\u003e 7. Environmental biology of a tropical treeline species, polylepis sericea G. Goldstein, F. C. Meinzer and F. Rada\u003cbr\u003e 8. Morphological and physiological radiation in páramo draba W. A. Pfitsch\u003cbr\u003e 9. Sediment-based carbon nutrition in tropical alpine isoetes J. E. Keeley, D. A. DeMason, R. Gonzalez and K. R. Markham\u003cbr\u003e 10. Functional significance of inflorescence pubescence in tropical alpine species of Puya G. A. Miller\u003cbr\u003e 11. Turnover and conservation of nutrients in the pachycaul senecio keniodendron E. Beck\u003cbr\u003e 12. Soil nutrient dynamics in East African alpine ecosystems H. Rehder\u003cbr\u003e 13. An overview of the reproductive biology of espeletia (Asteraceae) in the Venezuelan Andes P. E. Berry and R. Calvo\u003cbr\u003e 14. Population biology of Mount Kenya lobelias T. P. Young\u003cbr\u003e 15. Population biology of Senecio kenodendron (Asteraceae), an Afroalpine giant rosette plant A. P. Smith and T. P. Young\u003cbr\u003e 16. Population dynamics and flowering in a Hawaiian alpine rosette plant, Argyroxiphium sandiwicense P. W. Rundel and M. S. Witter\u003cbr\u003e 17. Plant form and function in alpine New Guinea R. J. Hnatiuk\u003cbr\u003e 18. Alpine herbivory on Mount Kenya T. P. Young and A. P. Smith\u003cbr\u003e 19. Biotic interactions in Hawaiian high elevation ecosystems L. L. Loope and A. C. Medeiros\u003cbr\u003e 20. Tropical alpine ecology: progress and priorities P. W. Rundel, F. C. Meinzer and A. P. Smith\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Plant ecology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Plant ecology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Plant%20ecology%20%5BPSTS%5D%22\"\u003ePSTS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006278848792,"sku":"9780521054119","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521054119i_5d3a9f4c-1953-48d1-9f91-9558bb3c51e4.jpg?v=1694968772","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/tropical-alpine-environments-plant-form-and-function-paperback-9780521054119","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}