Front Matter; Current Concepts for Treelife Limitation at the Upper Timberline; Climate at the Upper Timberline; Soils -- Heterogeneous at a Microscale; Mycorrhiza in the Alpine Timberline Ecotone: Nutritional Implications; Vegetation at the Upper Timberline; Limitation by an Insufficient Carbon Assimilation and Allocation; Limitation by Growth Processes; Limits in Water Relations; Phytopathogens at the Alpine Timberline; Frost Resistance at the Upper Timberline; Photo-Oxidative Stress at the Timberline; Global Change at the Upper Timberline; Synopsis; Back Matter
Summary
Presents a synthesis of knowledge on the ecophysiology of tree growth and survival on high mountains in Europe. This work includes chapters on soil properties and the role of mycorrhiza, carbon assimilation and allocation, phytopathogens, and the impact of global change on photo-oxidative stress
