Author: R. E. Longton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: polar, research, studies, bryophytes, biology, lichens
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 1988-11-25
List price: $130.99
ISBN-10: 0521250153
ISBN-13: 9780521250153
This book reviews the biology of bryophytes and lichens in the polar tundra, where these plants may form a dominant component of the vegetation. It considers adaptation to severe environments in terms of growth form, physiology and reproduction. The role of bryophytes and lichens is discussed in vegetation processes such as colonisation and succession, and in energy flow, nutrient cycling and other functional aspects of polar ecosystems, both natural and as modified by man, The range of microclimates experience by polar cryptograms is described using an energy budget approach, and the environm
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Publisher: National Academy Pre
Keywords: polar, geophysical, data, sets, review, science, nasa, contributions, enhancing
Number of Pages: 124
Published: 2010-06-13
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0309074010
ISBN-13: 9780309074018
Authors:Erik A. Rasmussen, John Turner,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: polar, regions, systems, mesoscale, lows, weather
Number of Pages: 624
Published: 2003-06-16
List price: $228.99
ISBN-10: 0521624304
ISBN-13: 9780521624305
Providing a comprehensive review of our understanding of the small, high latitude weather systems known as polar lows, Erik Rasmussen and John Turner describe the climatological distribution of these depressions. They cover observational investigations into their structure, the operational forecasting of polar lows and the theoretical research into why they develop. They also discuss the experiments that reveal that some polar lows can be predicted. This book is of value to researchers and professional weather forecasters concerned with polar regions.
Authors:Steven C. Amstrup, Oystein Wiig,
Publisher: World Conservation Unio
Keywords: polar, specialist, group, ussr, paper, occassional, bear, iucn, proceedings, bears, tenth, working, meeting, ssc
Number of Pages: 107
Published: 1991-06-28
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 2831700396
ISBN-13: 9782831700397
Author: Bill, Jr. / Carle, Eric (Illustrator) Martin
Publisher: Henry Holth & Co (J)
Keywords: bear, polar
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2007
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0805087982
ISBN-13: 9780805087987
Authors:Mary Pope Osborne, Natalie Pope Boyce,
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Keywords: polar, bears, past, bedtime, stepping, book, stone, companion, arctic, house, tree, research, guide, magic, nonfiction
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2007-09-25
List price: $4.99
ISBN-10: 037583222X
ISBN-13: 9780375832222
WHY IS THE arctic so cold? How do polar bears cross thin ice? How did people learn to survive in that harsh climate? Find out the answers to these questions and more in Magic Tree House Research Guide: Polar Bears and the Arctic, Jack and Annie’s guide to the arctic. This is the nonfiction companion to Polar Bears past Bedtime.
Author: Committee on Frontiers in Polar BiologyNational R
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: era, genomics, biology, polar, frontiers
Number of Pages: 186
Published: 2003-07-08
List price: $39.00
ISBN-10: 0309087279
ISBN-13: 9780309087278
As we enter the twenty-first century, the polar biological sciences stand well poised to address numerous important issues, many of which were unrecognized as little as 10 years ago. From the effects of global warming on polar organisms to the potential for life in subglacial Lake Vostok, the opportunities to advance our understanding of polar ecosystems are unprecedented. The era of genome-enabled biology is upon us, and new technologies will allow us to examine polar biological questions of unprecedented scope and to do so with extraordinary depth and precision. "Frontiers in Polar Biology i
