Geology and Plant Life: The Effects of Landforms and Rock Types on Plants

by Arthur R. Kruckeberg

Book Overview

Before any other influences began to fashion life and its lavish diversity, geological events created the initial environments--both physical and chemical--for the evolutionary drama that followed.

Drawing on case histories from around the world, Arthur Kruckeberg demonstrates the role of landforms and rock types in producing the unique geographical distributions of plants and in stimulating evolutionary diversification. His examples range...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029598452X
• ISBN13: 9780295984520
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 9.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher