Life Strategies of Succulents in Deserts With Special Reference to the Namib Desert

Name: Life Strategies of Succulents in Deserts With Special Reference to the Namib Desert
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ISBN: 9780521287098

ISBN-10: 052128709X

ISBN-13: 9780521287098

Edition: 2010

Authors: Dieter J. von Willert, Benno M. Eller, Marinus J. A. Werger, Enno Brinckmann, Hans-Dieter Ihlenfeldt

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Deserts provide a seemingly hostile environment in which plants can, nevertheless, survive and grow. This book, originally published in 1992, considers the ecological strategies adopted by desert succulents to overcome these problems. Much fresh data on the physiological ecology of succulent plants of southern Africa is presented - the results of more than ten years' work by the authors, both in the field and the laboratory. This information forms the basis for a better understanding of the water relations and carbon balance of succulents during short- and long-term drought and leads the authors to a definition of succulence as a tool for the temporary storage of water, essential for the…

Book details

List price: $30.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/29/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Preface



The succulent



Climate and vegetation of deserts



The Namib desert



Physiological implications



Life strategies of succulents


References


Index