TY - BOOK ID - 8433571 TI - Plants in Alpine regions : cell physiology of adaption and survival strategies PY - 2012 SN - 3709101352 9786613451866 1283451867 3709101360 PB - Vienna : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Mountain plants -- Adaptation. KW - Mountain plants. KW - Plants. KW - Mountain plants KW - Botany KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Plant Ecology KW - Plant Physiology KW - Adaptation KW - Plant cells and tissues. KW - Cell physiology. KW - Plants KW - Adaptation. KW - Plant adaptation KW - Cell function KW - Plant tissues KW - Alpine flora KW - Alpine plants KW - Alpine region plants KW - Alpine vegetation KW - Alpines (Plants) KW - High altitude plants KW - High altitude vegetation KW - Montane plants KW - Mountain flora KW - Mountain vegetation KW - Mountain wildlife KW - Sub-alpine plants KW - Sub-alpine vegetation KW - Subalpine plants KW - Subalpine vegetation KW - Life sciences. KW - Oxidative stress. KW - Ecosystems. KW - Plant ecology. KW - Plant science. KW - Botany. KW - Plant physiology. KW - Life Sciences. KW - Plant Physiology. KW - Plant Sciences. KW - Plant Ecology. KW - Cell Physiology. KW - Oxidative Stress. KW - Cytology KW - Physiology KW - Adaptation (Biology) KW - Cells KW - Plant anatomy KW - Tissues KW - Endangered ecosystems. KW - Cytology. KW - Cell biology KW - Cellular biology KW - Biology KW - Cytologists KW - Threatened ecosystems KW - Biotic communities KW - Nature conservation KW - Ecology KW - Botanical science KW - Phytobiology KW - Phytography KW - Phytology KW - Plant biology KW - Plant science KW - Natural history KW - Phytoecology KW - Vegetation ecology KW - Oxidation-reduction reaction KW - Stress (Physiology) KW - Biocenoses KW - Biocoenoses KW - Biogeoecology KW - Biological communities KW - Biomes KW - Biotic community ecology KW - Communities, Biotic KW - Community ecology, Biotic KW - Ecological communities KW - Ecosystems KW - Natural communities KW - Population biology KW - Floristic botany KW - Floristic ecology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8433571 AB - This book brings together experts from different fields, who used a broad spectrum of methods to investigate the physiological and cellular adaptation of alpine plants from the tree line to the upper limits. Some articles link alpine plant physiology with physiological adaptations observed in polar plants. Tolerance against often high light intensities (including UV), cold or freezing temperatures, in addition to the need for fast tissue development, flowering, and propagation that is managed by alpine plants are to some extent underrepresented in recent research. This volume considers ice formation and winter conditions in alpine plants; the fate of cryophilic algae and microorganisms; cell structural adaptations; sexual reproduction in high altitudes; the physiology of photosynthesis, antioxidants, metabolites, carbon and nitrogen; and the influences of microclimate (temperatures at the plant level, heat tolerance), UV light, weather and ozone. Further information on life processes in alpine extreme environments may additionally yield new insights into the range of adaptation processes in lowland plants.  . ER -