Arctic ecosystems in a changing climate
Subtitle: an ecophysiological perspective
By: edited by F. Stuart Chapin III ... [et al.].
Contributors: Chapin, F. Stuart III.
Series: Physiological ecology
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 469
Subjects: Plant ecophysiology -- Arctic regions.; Vegetation and climate -- Arctic regions.; Vegetation dynamics -- Arctic regions.; Plants, Effect of global warming on -- Arctic regions.
Description: This book reviews the physiological ecology of arctic plants, suggests a new role for physiological ecology in studying biotic controls over community and ecosystem processes, and provides a physiological basis for predicting how arctic plant communities will respond to global climate change.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.