Alpine treelines: functional ecology of the global high elevation tree limits

by Körner, Christian

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Full title :Alpine treelines : functional ecology of the global high elevation tree limits / Christian Körner ; illustrations by Susanna Riedl.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Springer
Place of Publication:Basel
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012.

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 220 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9783034803953, 3034803958
oclc:ocn779864987
LC Classification:QK
Dewey Decimal:577.3

Machine generated contents note: 1.High elevation treelines -- 1.1.The task -- 1.2.Previous works -- 2.Definitions and conventions -- 2.1.The life form `tree' -- 2.2.Lines and transitions -- 2.3.Limitation, stress and disturbance -- 2.4.Altitude-related and other environmental drivers -- 2.5.Treeline nomenclature -- 3.Treeline patterns -- 3.1.Treeline taxa -- 3.2.The summit syndrome and other treeline depressions -- 3.3.Mass elevation effect -- 3.4.Treeline elevation -- 3.5.Time matters -- 3.6.Forest structure near treeline -- 4.Treeline climate -- 4.1.Specific aspects of treeline climatology -- 4.2.Criteria to define temperature regimes at treeline -- 4.3.Treeline temperatures in different bioclimatic regions -- 4.3.1.Subarctic and boreal zone (45-68° N) -- 4.3.2.Cool temperate zone (45-47° N, 44° S) -- 4.3.3.Warm temperate zone (28-42° N, 36° S) -- 4.3.4.Subtropical zone (19° S, 19° N) -- 4.3.5.Equatorial tropics (6° N to 3° S) -- 4.3.6.Mediterranean `treelines' (38 -- 42° N)

Note continued: 4.3.7.The Nothofagus and Metrosideros case -- 4.3.8.Treeline temperatures across bioclimatic zones -- 4.4.Seedbed and branch temperatures -- 4.5.Whole forest temperatures -- 5.Global mounta…