| Autor: |
C. P. McKay, L. Cruz-Kuri, Rafael Navarro-González |
| Rok vydání: |
2004 |
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| Zdroj: |
Cellular Origin and Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology ISBN: 9781402030932 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/978-94-007-1003-0_47 |
| Popis: |
In low latitude regions of the Earth we find surface temperature near 0° C in tropical alpine environments (Perez-Chavez et al., 2000). In these environments temperature and pressure rapidly decrease as the altitude increases and so organisms must adapt to them until they reach their physiological tolerance limits. A clear example of this is treeline at thermal gradients that represent an abrupt transition in life form dominance. In Pico de Orizaba, Mexico (19° N), there are such environments which can be used as plausible analogues for ancient and future life on Mars. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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