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Polar and alpine tundra

Title
Polar and alpine tundra / edited by F.E. Wielgolaski.
Publication
Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1997.

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Additional Authors
Wielgolaski, F. E., 1931-
Description
x, 920 pages : illustrations, maps; 27 cm.
Series Statement
Ecosystems of the world ; 3
Uniform Title
Ecosystems of the world ; 3.
Subject
  • Tundra ecology
  • Ecology
  • Arctic
  • Ecology
  • ecology
  • Tundra ecology
  • Tundra
  • Ökosystem
  • Toundras
  • Écologie des régions polaires
  • Écologie des montagnes
  • Écologie des toundras
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Introduction / F.E. Wielgolaski -- Adaptation in plants / F.E. Wielgolaski -- Adaptations to the alpine environment in insects and other terrestrial arthropods / L. Sømme -- Fennoscandian tundra / F.E. Wielgolaski -- Tundra ecosystems of Iceland / T.E. Thórhallsdóttir -- 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 páramos with emphasis on the fauna of the Venezuelan páramos / A. Díaz, J.E. Péfaur and P. Durant -- New Zealand alpine ecosystems / A.F. Mark and K.J.M. Dickinson -- Tundra diversity and ecological characteristics of Svalbard / A. Elvebakk -- Arctic ecosystems in Russia / Yu. I. Chernov and 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 and 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. Böcher and P.M. Petersen -- Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems / H. Kanda and V. Komárková.
ISBN
  • 0444882650
  • 9780444882653
  • 0444417028
  • 9780444417022
LCCN
97019344
OCLC
  • ocm36767658
  • 36767658
  • SCSB-9624123
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library