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- Provides new insights into the anatomy of high-mountain plants
- Illustrates and describes more than 500 species
- Relates stem anatomical features to phylogeny, ecology, morphology and ecophysiology
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This aesthetically unique book combines ecological, morphological and anatomical, as well as phylogenetic studies on plant material in a largely unexplored dry mountain region above the timberline. It offers the first comparative analysis of hundreds of plants - annuals, perennial herbs and dwarf shrubs - in an area of 87,000 km2 at altitudes from 2600 to 6150 m above sea level in the Western Himalaya. Characteristic landscape pictures of all major vegetation types and maps show at which locations and altitudes the individual species of vascular plants are distributed, while macroscopic plant pictures and plant age are related to high-quality micro-sections and micro-photographs.
The anatomical features of 345 dicotyledons were characterized using the published coding systems and those of 155 monocotyledones were characterized on the basis of a newly developed key. The number of annual rings and anatomical features of the xylem and phloem of dicots are compared and related to different ecological conditions within this extremely dry and cold environment. The ecological and anatomical characterization is used to create a phylogenetic tree based on nucleotide sequences, and indicates which features are genetically stable and which ones are modified by environmental factors.
The book appeals to scientists in the fields of plant taxonomy, morphology, anatomy and ecology.
Authors and Affiliations
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Faculty of Science, Department of Botany, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Jiří Doležal
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Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic
Miroslav Dvorský, Jan Wild
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Calyptra Pty Ltd, Adelaide, Australia
Annett Börner
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Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Fritz Hans Schweingruber
About the authors
Jiří Doležal
Institute of Botany
The Czech Academy of Sciences
Průhonice, Czech Republic
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Department of Botany
Faculty of Science
University of South Bohemia
České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Miroslav Dvorský
Institute of Botany
The Czech Academy of Sciences
Průhonice, Czech Republic
Annett Börner
Calyptra Pty Ltd
Adelaide, Australia
Jan Wild
Institute of Botany
The Czech Academy of Sciences
Průhonice, Czech Republic
Fritz Hans Schweingruber
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Birmensdorf, SwitzerlandBibliographic Information
Book Title: Anatomy, Age and Ecology of High Mountain Plants in Ladakh, the Western Himalaya
Authors: Jiří Doležal, Miroslav Dvorský, Annett Börner, Jan Wild, Fritz Hans Schweingruber
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78699-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-78697-1Published: 26 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08766-1Published: 11 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-78699-5Published: 02 July 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 616
Topics: Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Plant Anatomy/Development, Plant Ecology, Ecosystems