Table of Contents

Preface; 1. The polar regions; 2. The cryptogamic vegetation; 3. Pattern, process and environment; 4. Radiation and microclimate; 5. Physiological processes and response to stress; 6. Vegetative growth; 7. Cryptogams in polar ecosystems; 8. Reproductive biology and evolution; References; Index; Subject Index.

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This book reviews the biology of bryophytes and lichens in the polar tundra, where these plants may form a dominant component of the vegetation.