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- What causes the water balance of the landscape to increase with elevation (describe the trends for the three major components of the hydrological equation)?
- What are the two key components of soils that determine plant water relations?
- How do plants control their water relations in dry alpine areas (e.g. in the Andean semideserts)?
- What is the most important indirect consequence of water storage in the Alpine?
- Name two groups of plants which can desiccate completely without damage.
- What is the role of leaf pubescence at high elevation (name at least two functions)?
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