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Illustrated Moss Flora of Antarctica
Ryszard Ochyra
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Description for Illustrated Moss Flora of Antarctica
hardcover. Comprehensive description, with keys and extensive bibliography, of all known species and varieties of moss in Antarctica. Num Pages: 704 pages, 273 b/w illus. 42 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1MTS; PST. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 276 x 219 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2200.
Mosses are a major component of the vegetation in ice-free coastal regions of Antarctica. They play an important role in the colonisation of ice-free terrain, accumulation of organic matter, release of organic exudates, and also provide a food and habitat resource for invertebrates. They serve as model organisms for physiological experiments designed to elucidate problems of plant cold tolerance and survival mechanisms and for monitoring biological responses to climate change. This Flora provides the first comprehensive description, with keys, of all known species and varieties of moss in the Antarctic biome. It has involved microscopic examination of around 10,000 specimens ... Read more
Mosses are a major component of the vegetation in ice-free coastal regions of Antarctica. They play an important role in the colonisation of ice-free terrain, accumulation of organic matter, release of organic exudates, and also provide a food and habitat resource for invertebrates. They serve as model organisms for physiological experiments designed to elucidate problems of plant cold tolerance and survival mechanisms and for monitoring biological responses to climate change. This Flora provides the first comprehensive description, with keys, of all known species and varieties of moss in the Antarctic biome. It has involved microscopic examination of around 10,000 specimens ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
Number of Pages
704
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521814027
SKU
V9780521814027
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Ref
99-5
About Ryszard Ochyra
Ryszard Ochyra is Head of the Laboratory of Bryology at the Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences in Kraków. He has undertaken fieldwork in Tanzania, South Africa, Antarctica, Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, Prince Edward Islands, Îles Crozet and Îles Kerguelen. He has received numerous awards including the prize from the Prime Minister of the Polish Government ... Read more
Reviews for Illustrated Moss Flora of Antarctica
'A beautiful, self-contained account of what is the major component of the Antarctic flora, this book represents the culmination of many years of meticulous research and extensive fieldwork. The authors' intimate knowledge of the Antarctic biome and of mosses shines through … this is a highly informative and practical book that will greatly benefit researchers undertaking applied and ecological research ... Read more