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Plants respond to the harsh alpine environment with a high degree of specialization, the structural and functional aspects of which this book aims to explore. Palaeorecords suggest that life on land started out in sheltered, warm, and moist environments, and gradually expanded into more demanding habitats where water is rare, thermal energy is either low or overabundant or where mechanical disturbance is high.
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Körner, C. (2021). Plant ecology at high elevations. In: Alpine Plant Life. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59538-8_1
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