عنوان

Anatomy, age and ecology of high mountain plants in Ladakh, the Western Himalaya /

(Number (ISBN

3319786997

(Number (ISBN

9783319786995

Erroneous ISBN

3319786970

Erroneous ISBN

9783319786971

Title Proper

Anatomy, age and ecology of high mountain plants in Ladakh, the Western Himalaya /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Jiří Doležal, Miroslav Dvorský, Annett Börner, Jan Wild, Fritz Hans Schweingruber.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cham :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2018]

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource

Text of Note

Introduction -- Anatomical descriptions of horsetails, ferns -- Anatomical descriptions of Dicotyledons -- Anatomical descriptions of Monocotyledons -- Synthesis of anatomical, ecological and phylogenetical data -- Material and methods.

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Text of Note

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.

Title

Anatomy, age and ecology of high mountain plants in Ladakh, the Western Himalaya.

International Standard Book Number

9783319786971

Mountain plants-- Ecology-- India-- Ladākh.

Mountain plants-- Himalaya Mountains.

Mountain plants-- India-- Ladākh-- Anatomy.

Mountain plants-- India-- Ladākh.

Mountain plants-- Ecology.

Mountain plants.

Himalaya Mountains Region.

Himalaya Mountains.

India, Ladākh.

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PSAB

PSAB

PST

PST

SCI011000

SCI087000

Number

Edition

Class number

Doležal, Jiří

Börner, A., (Annett)

Dvorský, Miroslav

Schweingruber, Fritz Hans

Wild, Jan

Date of Transaction

20200823113645.0

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pn

Electronic name

[Book]

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