Background
Longton, Royce Ekins was born on April 9, 1939 in Kettering, United Kingdom. Son of Thomas Wilcock and Charlotte Edna (Ekins) Longton.
(This book reviews the biology of bryophytes and lichens i...)
This book reviews the biology of bryophytes and lichens in the polar tundra, where these plants may form a dominant component of the vegetation. It considers adaptation to severe environments in terms of growth form, physiology and reproduction. The role of bryophytes and lichens is discussed in vegetation processes such as colonisation and succession, and in energy flow, nutrient cycling and other functional aspects of polar ecosystems, both natural and as modified by man, The range of microclimates experience by polar cryptograms is described using an energy budget approach, and the environmental relationships of CO2 exchange, stress resistance, growth and other physiological responses are discussed against this background. Reproductive biology is also reviewed as an introduction to a consideration of population ecology, distribution patterns, dispersal potential and the origin and adaptation of polar cryptogamic floras. This book integrates the results of work in the Arctic and the Antarctic, and includes a classification of vegetation zones applicable to both polar regions. The study of plant ecology in these areas has advanced dramatically and the results synthesised here contribute to a general understanding both of polar ecosystems and of the environmental relationships of bryophytes and lichens.
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Longton, Royce Ekins was born on April 9, 1939 in Kettering, United Kingdom. Son of Thomas Wilcock and Charlotte Edna (Ekins) Longton.
Bachelor of Science in Botany with honors, University Birmingham, United Kingdom, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy in Botany, University Birmingham, United Kingdom, 1963. Doctor of Science in Botany, University Reading, United Kingdom, 1993.
Botanist British Antarctic Survey, Birmingham, 1963-1969. Assistant professor to professor of botany University Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 1969-1979. Lecturer to senior lecturer in botany University Reading, since 1979.
(This book reviews the biology of bryophytes and lichens i...)
County council Berkshire County Council, Reading, since 1993. District councillor Newbury District Council, since 1995. Parish councillor Burghfield Parish Council, since 1984.
Fellow Arctic Institute of North America. Member British Bryol. Society (president 1994-1995), International Association Bryologists (vice president since 1993).
Married Hilary Jacqueline Morris. Children: Robin, Simon.