Review test
Is the maximum rate of photosynthesis in alpine plants lower, similar or higher than in lowland plants?
At a common temperature, alpine plants respire faster than lowland plants. (a) Should we thus expect alpine plants to lose more CO2? (b) Why not?
Alpine plants commonly have a greater root mass than lowland plants. Is the leaf mass per total plant mass thus lower?
(a) What is the temperature below which no plant can grow? (b) Is there a temperature range at which alpine plants can grow faster than lowland plants (when both are grown at the same temperature)? Just give a rough verbal indication of the range.
The rate of biomass production of closed alpine vegetation is similar to that of humid temperate and tropical lowland forests under one condition, namely that the comparison accounts for ...
