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Atlas of Stem Anatomy of Arctic and Alpine Plants Around the Globe

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Authors:
  1. Fritz Hans Schweingruber

    1. Institute of Forest, Snow and Landscape Research - WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland

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  2. Miroslav Dvorský

    1. Institute of Botany of the CAS, V. V. I., Třeboň, Czech Republic

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  3. Annett Börner

    1. Melrose Park, Australia

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  4. Jiří Doležal

    1. Institute of Botany of the ASCR, V. V. I., Třeboň and Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

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  • Applies endrochronological and anatomical techniques on material from plants in the far north and above tree line around the globe
  • Presents anatomical descriptions of a vast collection of cold-resistant plants
  • Describes many plants from remote and ecological extreme parts of the world for the first time

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Table of contents (56 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Anatomical descriptions of dicotyledons

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Anacardiaceae

      • Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Miroslav Dvorský, Annett Börner, Jiří Doležal
      Pages 8-8

    3. Apiaceae

      • Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Miroslav Dvorský, Annett Börner, Jiří Doležal
      Pages 9-14

    4. Asteraceae – Lactuceae

      • Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Miroslav Dvorský, Annett Börner, Jiří Doležal
      Pages 15-20

    5. Asteraceae – Cynareae

      • Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Miroslav Dvorský, Annett Börner, Jiří Doležal
      Pages 21-27

    6. Asteraceae – Gnaphalieae

      • Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Miroslav Dvorský, Annett Börner, Jiří Doležal
      Pages 28-36

    7. Asteraceae – Astereae

      • Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Miroslav Dvorský, Annett Börner, Jiří Doležal
      Pages 37-57

    8. Asteraceae – Anthemideae

      • Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Miroslav Dvorský, Annett Börner, Jiří Doležal
      Pages 58-64

    9. Asteraceae – Senecioneae

      • Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Miroslav Dvorský, Annett Börner, Jiří Doležal
      Pages 65-81

    10. Asteraceae – Helenieae

      • Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Miroslav Dvorský, Annett Börner, Jiří Doležal
      Pages 82-82

    11. Asteraceae – Inuleae

      • Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Miroslav Dvorský, Annett Börner, Jiří Doležal
      Pages 83-83

    12. Asteraceae – Barnadesieae

      • Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Miroslav Dvorský, Annett Börner, Jiří Doležal
      Pages 84-85

    13. Asteraceae – Gochnatieae

      • Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Miroslav Dvorský, Annett Börner, Jiří Doležal
      Pages 86-87

    14. Betulaceae

      • Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Miroslav Dvorský, Annett Börner, Jiří Doležal
      Pages 88-89

    15. Boraginaceae

      • Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Miroslav Dvorský, Annett Börner, Jiří Doležal
      Pages 90-97

    16. Brassicaceae

      • Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Miroslav Dvorský, Annett Börner, Jiří Doležal
      Pages 98-129

    17. Campanulaceae

      • Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Miroslav Dvorský, Annett Börner, Jiří Doležal
      Pages 130-132

    18. Caprifoliaceae

      • Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Miroslav Dvorský, Annett Börner, Jiří Doležal
      Pages 133-134

    19. Caryophyllaceae

      • Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Miroslav Dvorský, Annett Börner, Jiří Doležal
      Pages 135-164
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About this book

This is the first book to provide comprehensive information on the anatomy and ecology of arctic and alpine plants from cold sites around the globe, including representative species from Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, Himalaya, Japan, Argentina, Ecuador and Western USA. It presents the study sites, including characteristic landscape and vegetation photographs. It also discusses species distribution, habitat preferences and features plant pictures, particularly focusing on the specific stem anatomical features, which differ in many cases from temperate zone herbs. Furthermore, each plant is characterized according to a newly constructed codification system. Based on the first author’s 20-years of field research, a close collaboration with numerous botanical gardens, and the vast ecological experience of the other authors, the book presents approximately 350 species. The general layout is comparable to Doležal et al’s 2018 book Anatomy, Age and Ecology of High Mountain Plants in Ladakh, the Western Himalaya.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Forest, Snow and Landscape Research - WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland

    Fritz Hans Schweingruber

  • Institute of Botany of the CAS, V. V. I., Třeboň, Czech Republic

    Miroslav Dvorský

  • Melrose Park, Australia

    Annett Börner

  • Institute of Botany of the ASCR, V. V. I., Třeboň and Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

    Jiří Doležal

About the authors

Fritz Schweingruber was an outstanding tree ring researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research in Birmensdorf, Switzerland, who, unfortunately, passed away before the book’s publication. He collected most of the samples in the High Arctic of Canada, Greenland and Russia during his adventurous expeditions. Sample processing and description was mainly his responsibility.

Miroslav Dvorský is a researcher at the Institute of Botany in Třeboň, Czech Academy of Sciences, focusing on alpine plants. He prepared species annotations regarding morphology, distribution, and ecology, gathered photos, and wrote parts of the introduction.

Annett Börner has been working in the field of scientific publishing for more than fifteen years and took up the challenge of designing and editing the book. She lives in Adelaide, Australia.

Jiří Doležal is a researcher at the Institute of Botanyin Třeboň, Czech Academy of Sciences, focusing on alpine plants. He collected most of the samples in the Himalayas, Cameroon, Japan and the Rockies.



 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Atlas of Stem Anatomy of Arctic and Alpine Plants Around the Globe

  • Authors: Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Miroslav Dvorský, Annett Börner, Jiří Doležal

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53976-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53975-7Published: 08 December 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53978-8Published: 09 December 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-53976-4Published: 07 December 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 453

  • Topics: Plant Anatomy/Development, Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Plant Ecology, Biodiversity

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