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PLANTS AND LIFE PROCESSES

Learning objectives

 

You will ...      You will learn ... realize that vegetative reproduction is a common plant trait in cold environments   be informed that based on morphology as much as 21 different types of clonal plants have been described   know some characteristic clonal plants from arctic-alpine habitats     what kind of advantages is associated with clonal growth in plants   why contrasting growth forms of clonal plants have been named "phalanx" and "guerrilla"   why physiological integration is associated with benefits in resource poor habitats

 
 
 

You will understand ...      You will be able to ... why clonal growth is not always associated with reduced sexual reproduction   differences in the life cycle of clonal plants and their functional significance   why a "division of labour" is realized in clonal plants     distinguish different clonal growth strategies based on growth form, the extend of physiological integration, and phenotypic plasticity   "walk" on glacier foreland starting from the retreating ice, passing all stages of the succession from first pioneers to the mature forest

 

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