Plants at the Margin ecological limits and climate change / R. M. M. Crawford.

• PART I. THE NATURE OF MARGINAL AREAS -- 1. Recognizing margins -- 2. Biodiversity in marginal areas -- PART II. PLANT FUNCTION IN MARGINAL AREAS -- 3. Resource acquisition in marginal habitats -- 4. Reproduction at the periphery -- PART III. MARGINAL HABITATS : SELECTED CASE HISTORIES -- 5. Arctic and subarctic 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. 

• 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. 

Ämnesord

Vegetation and climate  (LCSH)

Climatic changes  -- Environmental aspects (LCSH)

Klimatförändringar  -- miljöaspekter (sao)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Uf.05 Botanik: växtekologi

Klassifikation

581.7 (DDC)

Uf.05 (kssb/8)