Anatomy, Age and Ecology of High Mountain Plants in Ladakh, the Western HimalayaThis aesthetically unique book combines ecological, morphological and anatomical, as well as phylogenetic studies on plant material in a largely unexplored dry mountain region above the timberline. It offers the first comparative analysis of hundreds of plants annuals, perennial herbs and dwarf shrubs in an area of 87,000 km2 at altitudes from 2600 to 6150 m above sea level in the Western Himalaya. Characteristic landscape pictures of all major