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Description: |
vi, [2], 338 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-309) and index. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: Describes and interprets the natural vegetation of North America and its development through time. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Part I. Floristic plant geography. Relation between dissemination and migration ; Evidences of the dynamic character of ranges ; Causes of migration ; Dissemination efficiency ; Migratory routes ; Barriers to migration ; Some consequences of migration ; Endemism and Its Interpretation ; Interrelations among floristic plant geography, taxonomy, and geology -- Part II. Ecologic plant geography. Introduction ; Evolution of North American vegetation ; South American vegetational history ; The tundra region ; The subarctic-subalpine forest region ; The temperate mesophytic forest region ; Forests of temperate affinity in Middle America ; The temperate xerophytic forest region ; The chaparral region ; The steppe region ; The desert region ; Some significant features of tropical climates ; The microphyllous woodland region ; The tropical savanna region ; Tropical xerophytic (seasonal) forest region ; The tropical mesophytic forest (rain forest) region ; Tropical alpine region ; Vegetation in relation to climatic classification ; Marine vegetation. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Daubenmire, Rexford F., 1909-1995. Plant geography. New York : Academic Press, 1978 (OCoLC)899755959 |
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Table of contents application/pdf http://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz006779360inh.htm 20120731085726 |