Pioneer Plant Geography


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"Account of ... Hooker as phytogeographer, with such extracts from his work as would fairly illustrate his great contribution to this branch of botany."--Page [vii].




Pioneer Plant Geography


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Pioneer Plant Geography


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Pioneer Plant Geography


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Pioneer Plant Geography


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Pioneer Plant Geography


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Pioneer Plant Geography


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Reader's Guide to the History of Science


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The Reader's Guide to the History of Science looks at the literature of science in some 550 entries on individuals (Einstein), institutions and disciplines (Mathematics), general themes (Romantic Science) and central concepts (Paradigm and Fact). The history of science is construed widely to include the history of medicine and technology as is reflected in the range of disciplines from which the international team of 200 contributors are drawn.




Historical Plant Geography


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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.