Climate and Plant Distribution

by F. Ian Woodward

Book Overview

The central thesis for plant ecology is that climate exerts the dominant control on the distribution of the major vegetation types of the world. This book sets out to examine this often neglected area in two ways. In the first part the author analyses the distribution of species in relation to climate over different scales of time and place. In the second, he reviews the various approaches to explaining observed correlation between plant distribution...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521282144
• ISBN13: 9780521282147
• Release Date: April 1987
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"