Hardcover. This book will provide a complete overview of an alpine ecosystem, based on the long-term research conducted at the Niwot Ridge LTER. There is, at present, no general book on alpine ecology. The alpine ecosystem features conditions near the limits of biological existence, and is a useful laboratory for asking more general ecological questions, because it offers large environmental change over relatively short distances. Factors such as macroclimate, microclimate,soil conditions, biota, and various biological factors change on differing scales, allowing insight into the relative contributions of the different factors on ecological outcomes. This book provides an overview of an alpine ecosystem, based on the long-term research conducted at the Niwot Ridge LTER. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Structure and Function of an Alpine Ecosystem (Hardcover)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York
Publication Date: 2001
Language: English
ISBN 10: 019511728X
ISBN 13: 9780195117288
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: new

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This book will provide a complete overview of an alpine ecosystem, based on the long-term research conducted at the Niwot Ridge LTER. There is, at present, no general book on alpine ecology. The alpine ecosystem features conditions near the limits of biological existence, and is a useful laboratory for asking more general ecological questions, because it offers large environmental change over relatively short distances. Factors such as macroclimate, microclimate, soil conditions, biota, and various biological factors change on differing scales, allowing insight into the relative contributions of the different factors on ecological outcomes.

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Timothy R. Seastedt is at University of Colorado.

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