1 Rain and Snow at High Elevation .............................. 1
Michael Kuhn
2 Solar Radiation of the High Alps ............................ 11
Marío Blumthaler
3 Bioclimatic Temperatures in the High Alps ................... 21
Walter Larcher
4 Physiological and Ultrastructural Changes in Alpine Plants
Exposed to High Levels of UV and Ozone ...................... 29
Cornelius Lütz and Harald К. Seidlitz
5 Cell Organelle Structure and Function in Alpine and Polar
Plants are Influenced by Growth Conditions and Climate ...... 43
Cornelius Lütz, Paul Bergweiler, Lavinia Di Piazza, and
Andreas Holzinger
6 Dynamics of Tissue Heat Tolerance and Thermotolerance
of PS II in Alpine Plants ................................... 61
Gilbert Neuner and Othmar Buchner
7 Photosynthesis and Antioxidative Protection in Alpine
Herbs ....................................................... 75
Peter Streb and Gabriel Cornic
8 Specificities of Metabolite Profiles in Alpine Plants ....... 99
Richard Bligny and Serge Aubert
9 Interaction of Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolisms in Alpine
Plants ..................................................... 121
F. Baptist and I. Aranjuelo
10 From the Flower Bud to the Mature Seed: Timing and
Dynamics of Flower and Seed Development in High-Mountain
Plants ..................................................... 135
Johanna Wagner, Ursula Ladinig, Gerlinde Steinacher, and
Use Larl
11 Plant Water Relations in Alpine Winter ..................... 153
Stefan Mayr, Peter Schmid, and Barbara Beikircher
12 Ice Formation and Propagation in Alpine Plants ............. 163
Gilbert Neuner and Jürgen Hacker
13 Cell Structure and Physiology of Alpine Snow and Ice
Algae ...................................................... 175
Daniel Remias
14 Psychrophilic Microorganisms in Alpine Soils ............... 187
Rosa Margesin
Index ......................................................... 199
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