Serpentine - The Evolution and Ecology of a Model System

Zusatztext "The volume is well organized and well written." Informationen zum Autor Susan Harrison is Professor of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of California! Davis. Nishanta Rajakaruna is Professor of Botany at the College of the Atlantic. Klappentext "This outstanding volume brings together leading experts across a broad range of disciplines to bring serpentine into focus! as never before! as a window to understanding major natural processes and patterns in nature. By doing so! the authors illuminate exciting questions and challenges that will serve to inspire and direct much future study of these fascinating systems."-Bruce G. Baldwin! University of California! Berkeley Zusammenfassung Serpentine soils have long fascinated biologists for the specialized floras they support and the challenges they pose to plant survival and growth. This work focuses on what scientists have learned about major questions in earth history, evolution, ecology, conservation, and restoration from the study of serpentine areas, especially in California.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Harrison, Susan (EDT)/ Rajakaruna Harrison, Susan Rajakaruna Harrison
• Assisted by: Susan Harrison (Editor), Harrison Susan (Editor), Nishanta Rajakaruna (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.02.2011
• EAN: 9780520268357
• ISBN: 978-0-520-26835-7
• No. of pages: 464
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; California, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, Applied ecology