Plants at the Margin: Ecological Limits and Climate Change - Hardcover

Crawford, R. M. M.

 
9780521623094: Plants at the Margin: Ecological Limits and Climate Change
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 052162309X ISBN 13: 9780521623094
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Margins are by their very nature environmentally unstable - does it therefore follow that plant populations adapted for life in such areas will prove to be pre-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 habitats remind us that the environment remains essential to our understanding of plants and their function. This book is suited to students, researchers and anyone with an interest in the impact of climate change on our world.

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About the Author

R. M. M. Crawford has taught and researched at the University of St Andrews since 1962, pursuing the study of plant responses to the environment in a wide range of habitats in Scotland, Scandinavia, North and South America and the Arctic. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, a Fellow of the Linnean Society and an associate member of the Belgian Royal Academy.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
052162309X
ISBN 13 
9780521623094
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
476

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