This striking book provides a handy summary of the ecology of the world's vegetation. The introductory chapters provide a basic back-drop to the subject. The subsequent chapters examine sequentially the form and function of each major biome throughout the world.
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...compendious and well-illustrated... - New Scientist; ...a very readable book...a valuable introduction to the subject for undergraduates, teachers and lay persons. - Journal of Arid Environments
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I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in vegetation ecology and plant geography. Most other books on these subjects tend to focus on one continent or country, which may in some respects give more detail but tend to leave out "the big picture." Not that I have any complaints about the amount of detail here. There is a brief but thorough introductory chapter, then each biome type (tropical savannas, polar and high mountain tundras, terrestrial wetlands, etc.) is described in its own chapter including sections on its climate, soils, regional distribution, species adaptations, and numerous other subjects. It is a great read, and as one of my professors says "I wish I had written it."
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selected hardwood species, matorral species, amabalis fir, matorral communities, high mountain tundras, representative climatic conditions, open lichen woodland, mixed prairies, resprouting species, precipitation for each month, fire weather index, chaparral species, deciduous forest ecosystems, chamise chaparral, terrestrial wetlands, underground biomass, western wheat grass, more favourable sites, mediterranean ecosystems, tundra species, annual litterfall, hyaline cells, annual uptake, aerial biomass, phytoplankton increases Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, Ecological Studies, United States, Cambridge University Press, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Journal of Ecology, South America, Sonoran Desert, Fen Bog, Grinten Projection Figure, British Columbia, West Africa, South Island, Rocky Mountains, Ecological Monographs, Great Plains, Mojave Desert, East Africa, Great Lakes, South East Asia, Canadian Arctic, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Mediterranean Basin, Mediterranean-type Ecosystems Browse Sample Pages:
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selected hardwood species, matorral species, amabalis fir, matorral communities, high mountain tundras, representative climatic conditions, open lichen woodland, mixed prairies, resprouting species, precipitation for each month, fire weather index, chaparral species, deciduous forest ecosystems, chamise chaparral, terrestrial wetlands, underground biomass, western wheat grass, more favourable sites, mediterranean ecosystems, tundra species, annual litterfall, hyaline cells, annual uptake, aerial biomass, phytoplankton increases Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, Ecological Studies, United States, Cambridge University Press, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Journal of Ecology, South America, Sonoran Desert, Fen Bog, Grinten Projection Figure, British Columbia, West Africa, South Island, Rocky Mountains, Ecological Monographs, Great Plains, Mojave Desert, East Africa, Great Lakes, South East Asia, Canadian Arctic, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Mediterranean Basin, Mediterranean-type Ecosystems Browse Sample Pages:
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- A Prehistory of the North: Human Settlement of the Higher Latitudes by John F. Hoffecker in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Plant Life (METHODS IN ECOLOGY SERIES) by Roland Ennos on page 153, page 168, and page 178
- Fundamentals of the Physical Environment by Peter Smithson on page 434, page 449, and Back Matter
- Fundamentals of the Physical Environment by Peter Smithson on page 434, page 449, and Back Matter
- Fundamentals of Biogeography (Routledge Fundamentals of Physical Geography) by Richard John Huggett on page 170, and Back Matter
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