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Zusatztext ...the book is a mine of information! especially from a historical point of view! and provides a refreshing reminder of the efforts of past researchers...This posthumous work is to be greatly welcomed as it is the synthesis of a lifetime of perspective observation and experimentation into coastal duno systems throughout the world! and is an excellent addition to any ecological library! public or private. Informationen zum Autor Anwar Maun attended Punjab University in Lahore, where he received a Merit Scholarship as well as both a BSc and MSc (agricultural botany). After completing another MSc at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon he won the Graduate Exchange Scholarship to Washington State University where he completed his PhD in crop ecology. In 1968 Anwar moved to the University of Western Ontario as a postdoctoral fellow, and in 1971 he was appointed to Assistant Professor,rising to the rank of Professor in 1986. Anwar was the author of more than 100 scientific papers and articles, with the majority focused on sand dune ecology, a field in which he became recognized as a world expert. For many years Anwar was an Associate Editor of the Canadian Journal of Botany, inaddition to being on the editorial board of the Journal of Coastal Research. Anwar retired from UWO in 2000, and sadly passed away in September 2007. Klappentext A concise but comprehensive introduction to the biology of coastal sand dunes. The emphasis in this book is on the organisms that dominate this predominantly marine environment, although pollution, conservation, management and experimental aspects are considered. Zusammenfassung A concise but comprehensive introduction to the biology of coastal sand dunes. The emphasis in this book is on the organisms that dominate this predominantly marine environment, although pollution, conservation, management and experimental aspects are considered.
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A concise but comprehensive introduction to the biology of coastal sand dunes. The emphasis in this book is on the organisms that dominate this predominantly marine environment, although pollution, conservation, management and experimental aspects are considered.
