166 Pages
by
Routledge
166 Pages
by
Routledge
166 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Tables
1 Plants and Area
Part I: Establishing Patterns of Distribution
2. Plant Collecting and Recording: The Taxonomic Basis of Plant Geography
3. Plant Maps
4. Patterns of Distribution
Part II: Interpreting Patterns of Distribution
5. Origins, Boundaries and Disruptions
6. Evidence for Patterns of Distribution from the Past
7. Interpreting Disjunct Distribution Patterns
8. Interpreting Endemic Distribution Patterns
9. Genetics, Plant Geography and the Plant Kingdom
Glossary
Bibliography
Index of Plant Names
Subject Index
Biography
Philip Stott
