Author: Marcel E. Hardy
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Category : Phytogeography
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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Author: M. E. Hardy
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780484785624
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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Excerpt from An Introduction to Plant Geography The importance of vegetation for the student of geo graphy, and in the teaching of geography, is gradually being recognized. As an indication of the quality of a region it must be taken into account. For instance, the differences between the denser forests Of the low-lying swampy lands round equatorial rivers and the Opener woods of the better drained higher ground between them are of great importance. In practical affairs the distri bution of this or that plant association may Often be taken as a guide to the profitable extension of cultivation of this or that crop. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Alexander von Humboldt
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226360687
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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The legacy of Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) looms large over the natural sciences. His 1799–1804 research expedition to Central and South America with botanist Aimé Bonpland set the course for the great scientific surveys of the nineteenth century, and inspired such essayists and artists as Emerson, Goethe, Thoreau, Poe, and Church. The chronicles of the expedition were published in Paris after Humboldt’s return, and first among them was the 1807 “Essay on the Geography of Plants.” Among the most cited writings in natural history, after the works of Darwin and Wallace, this work appears here for the first time in a complete English-language translation. Covering far more than its title implies, it represents the first articulation of an integrative “science of the earth, ” encompassing most of today’s environmental sciences. Ecologist Stephen T. Jackson introduces the treatise and explains its enduring significance two centuries after its publication.

Author: Nicholas Polunin
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Category : Phytogeography
Languages : en
Pages : 670

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Author: James B. Campbell
Publisher: Guilford Press
ISBN: 1609181778
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 717

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This book has been replaced by Introduction to Remote Sensing, Sixth Edition, 978-1-4625-4940-5.

Author: Philip Stott
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000698254
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 166

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Originally published in 1981 Historical Plant Geography is an introductory treatment of historical plant geography and stresses the basic theoretical frame of the subject. The book is about neither the study of vegetation nor the concept of the ecosystem, instead focusing on the much older tradition concerned with analysing the geographical distribution of individual species and natural plant groups. Important areas are discussed, such as global plate tectonics and sea-floor spreading, plant maps are introduced and there is a basic treatment of recent advances in plant taxonomy. The book will appeal to students and academics of geography, botany, ecology and environmental sciences.

Author: Evgeniĭ Vladimirovich Vulʹf
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Category : Phytogeography
Languages : en
Pages : 252

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Author: Mark V. Lomolino
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226492377
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1284

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Foundations of Biogeography provides facsimile reprints of seventy-two works that have proven fundamental to the development of the field. From classics by Georges-Louis LeClerc Compte de Buffon, Alexander von Humboldt, and Charles Darwin to equally seminal contributions by Ernst Mayr, Robert MacArthur, and E. O. Wilson, these papers and book excerpts not only reveal biogeography's historical roots but also trace its theoretical and empirical development. Selected and introduced by leading biogeographers, the articles cover a wide variety of taxonomic groups, habitat types, and geographic regions. Foundations of Biogeography will be an ideal introduction to the field for beginning students and an essential reference for established scholars of biogeography, ecology, and evolution. List of Contributors John C. Briggs, James H. Brown, Vicki A. Funk, Paul S. Giller, Nicholas J. Gotelli, Lawrence R. Heaney, Robert Hengeveld, Christopher J. Humphries, Mark V. Lomolino, Alan A. Myers, Brett R. Riddle, Dov F. Sax, Geerat J. Vermeij, Robert J. Whittaker

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Category : Editions
Languages : en
Pages : 1190

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Author: James B. Campbell
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780415282949
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 388

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This comprehensive introductory text presents a timely overview of the most widely used forms of remote sensing imagery and their applications in plant sciences, hydrology, earth sciences, and land-use analysis.