Biology of Alpine Habitats

by László Nagy and Georg Grabherr

Book Overview

This book is unique in providing a global overview of alpine (high mountain) habitats that occur above the natural (cold-limited) tree line, describing the factors that have shaped them over both ecological and evolutionary timescales. The broad geographic coverage helps synthesize common features whilst revealing differences in the world's major alpine systems from the Arctic to the Tropics. The words "barren" and "wasteland" have often been applied...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198567049
• ISBN13: 9780198567042
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"