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At high altitudes plant life is commonly less constrained by moisture shortage than at low altitudes, but periodically and regionally variable water shortage does occur, and contributes to the overall impact of the physical environment on mountain plants Fig. 9.1. In this chapter I will first discuss the overall hydrological situation, the land area based water balance and soil moisture at alpine altitudes — aspects which have strong links with Chapters 4 and 6. With this background in place, I will then summarize the current knowledge on alpine plant water relations.
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Institute of Botany, University of Basel, Schönbeinstraße 6, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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Körner, C. (2003). Water relations. In: Alpine Plant Life. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18970-8_9
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