New book: Atlas of Stem Anatomy of Arctic and Alpine Plants Around the Globe
Approximately 350 species are presented in the first book providing 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. The atlas is the result of close collaboration between Jiří Doležal from the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the tree ring researcher at the WSL F. H. Schweingruber. 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. Find out more
