Author: General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area. Allied Geographical Section. Directorate of Intelligence. Allied Air ForcesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vegetation and climate
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Vegetation Study, Eastern New Guinea
Author: General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area. Allied Geographical Section. Directorate of Intelligence. Allied Air ForcesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vegetation and climate
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Study of Tropical Vegetation
Author: Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea
Author: J.L. GressitPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400986327
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 962
Book Description
J. L. Gressitt New Guinea is a fantastic island, unique and fascinating. It is an area of incredible variety of geomorphology, biota, peoples, languages, history, tradi tions and cultures. Diversity is its prime characteristic, whatever the subject of interest. To a biogeographer it is tantalizing, as well as confusing or frustrating when trying to determine the history of its biota. To an ecologist, and to all biologists, it is a happy hunting ground of endless surprises and unanswered questions. To a conservationist it is like a dream come true, a "flash-back" of a few centuries, as well as a challenge for the future. New Guinea is so special that it is hard to compare it with other islands or tropical areas. It is something apart, with its very complicated history (chapters I: 2-4, II: 1-4, III: I, VI: I, 2). It is partly old but to a great extent very young, yet extremely rich and complex. It has biota of different sources - to such a degree that it is still disputed in this volume as to what Realm it belongs to: the Paleotropical or Notogaean (Australian); or what Region: Oriental, "Oceanic," Papuan or Australian. The terms Papuasian, Indo-Australian and Australasian also have been applied to the area.
Proceedings
Author: Study of Tropical Vegetation
Author: UnescoPublisher: Unesco
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Papua New Guinea Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Author: Papua New Guinea Conservation Needs Assessment
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 758
Book Description
Photo Interpretation of Vegetation in the Tropical Pacific Area and Its Use as an Indicator of Kind of Ground
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.). Military Geology BranchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aerial photography
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Reports of General MacArthur
Author: United States Department of the ArmyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
The Origins And Spread Of Agriculture And Pastoralism In Eurasia
Author: David R. HarrisPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040283462
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 617
Book Description
As the first book to examine the origins and spread of agriculture and pastoralism in Europe and Asia as a whole, this major contribution should be essential reading for archaeologists, anthropologists, biologists and geographers. Adopting a novel approach to the subject, the authors examine it first in terms of seven different disciplinary perspectives: social, ecological, genetic, linguistic, biomolecular, epidemiological and geogrpahical. Then, 20 case studies are presented, which are based primarily on archaeological and biological evidence and which relate to three major regions: Southwest Asia, Europe and Central Asia to the Pacific. The book concludes with an overview of Eurasia as a whole.; The transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture had revolutionary consequences for human society. It led to the emergence of urban civilizations and ultimately to humanity's almost complete dependence on relatively few domesticated animals and plants. The subject has been much studied, but the results have tended to be interpreted largely in terms of local cultural sequences, with insufficient comparison made with evidence from other areas. In contrast, this book provides a continental- scale framework, with its scope extended to pastoralism because in Eurasia both the raising of livestock and the cultivation of crops were integral components of the agricultural "revolution" from its inception some 10,000 years ago.; Comprehensive and authoritative, "The Origins and Spread of Agriculture and Pastoralism in Eurasia" should appeal strongly to the wide readership of students and specialists concerned with the prehistoric antecedents of modern civilization.