Alpine Plants: Adapting to a Harsh Environment
Brink, V. 2005. Alpine Plants: Adapting to a Harsh Environment. Davidsonia. 16(3):95-105
Life is ‘on the edge’ in the alpine environment. For plants the season for growth is very brief and the temperature at which they can harvest the sun’s radiant energy low. Yet alpine plants do establish and grow. Some of the adaptations or ways by which they adapt are observable to the ramblers of alpine meadows in British Columbia. Moreover some of the adaptations are testable by experimentation.
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