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Tundra-Taiga Biology

By Crawford, Robert M. M.

Tundra-Taiga Biology Mathematics

Tundra-Taiga Biology

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The Arctic Tundra and adjacent Boreal Forest or Taiga support the most cold-adapted flora and fauna on Earth. The evolutionary capacity of both plants and animals to adapt to these thermally limiting conditions has always attracted biological investigation and is a central theme of this book. How the polar biota will adapt to a warmer world is creating significant and renewed interest in this habitat. The Arctic has always been subject to climatic fluctuation andthe polar biota has successfully adapted to these changes throughout its evolutionary history. Whether or not climatic warming will allow the Boreal Forest to advance onto the treeless Tundra is one of the most tantalizing questions that can be asked today in relation to terrestrial polar biology.
Tundra-Taiga Biology provides a circum-polar perspective of adaptation to low temperatures and short growing seasons, together with a history of climatic variation as it has affected the evolution of terrestrial life in the Tundra and the adjacent forested Taiga. It will appeal to researchers new to the field and to the many students, professional ecologists and conservation practitioners requiring a concise but authoritative overview of the biome. Its accessibility also makes it suitable forundergraduate and graduate students taking courses in tundra, taiga, and arctic ecology.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
282
Release Date:
2014-01-21
Publication Date:
2016-09-08
Publisher:
Oxford University Press (UK)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0199559406
ISBN13:
9780199559404
Weight:
976 g
Height:
221 cm
Width:
286 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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