Vegetation of the Soviet Polar Deserts

Klappentext This is a translation of Vera Aleksandrova's classic book! first published in Russian! which characterizes the vegetation of this rather special botanical region. Zusammenfassung This is a translation of Vera Aleksandrova's classic book! first published in Russian! which characterizes the vegetation of this rather special botanical region. Much important botanical research concerned with arctic ecology is carried out in the Soviet Union! but is seldom available in English. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. General characteristics of the landscape; 3. Conditions for the existence of vegetation; 4. The vegetation; 5. Seasonal development of the flowering plants within the polar deserts; 6. Conclusions.

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• Authors: V. D. Aleksandrova, V.d. Aleksandrova
• Assisted by: Doris Love (Translation), Love Doris (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.01.2009
• EAN: 9780521100052
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10005-2
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Studies in Polar Research; Studies in Polar Research
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Deserts, Botany & plant sciences, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Polar regions, Botany and plant sciences, Arid zones, deserts