- Is the maximum rate of photosynthesis in alpine plants lower, similar
or higher than in lowland plants?
- The respiratory loss of CO2 by plants increases with temperature.
However, we should not expect alpine plants to lose more carbon when
it gets warmer. Why?
- Alpine plants commonly have a greater root mass than lowland plants.
Is the leaf mass per total plant mass thus lower?
- What is the temperature below which no plant can grow? 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 .......... .
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