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.

Product details

• Authors: V. D. Aleksandrova, V.d. Aleksandrova
• Assisted by: Doris Love (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
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany