Margins are by their very nature environmentally unstable - does it thereforefollow that plant populations adapted for life in such areas will prove to bepre-adapted to withstand the changes that may be brought about by a warmer world? Biogeography, demography, reproductive biology, physiology and genetics all provide cogent explanations as to why limits occur where they do, and the purpose of this book is to bring together these different avenues of enquiry. Crawford’s numerous beautiful illustrations of plants in their natural habitatsremind us that the environment remains essential to our understanding of plants and their function. This book is suited to students, researchers and anyonewith an interest in the impact of climate change on our world. INDICE: 1. Recognizing margins; 2. Biodiversity in marginal areas; 3. Resource acquisition in marginal habitats; 4. Reproduction at the periphery; 5. Arctic and sub-Arctic treelines and the tundra taiga interface; 6. Plant survival in a warmer Arctic; 7. Land-plants at coastal margins; 8. Survival at the water’s edge; 9. Woody plants at the margin; 10. Plants at high altitudes; 11. Man at the margins; 12. Summary and conclusions.
- ISBN: 978-0-521-62309-4
- Editorial: Cambridge University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 494
- Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés