Natural History of the New World - The Ecology and Evolution of Plants in the Americas

Informationen zum Autor Alan Graham is curator of paleobotany and palynology at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Klappentext The paleoecological history of the Americas is as complex as the region is broad: stretching from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego! it features some of the most extraordinary vegetation on the planet. With plants as his scientific muse! the author traces the evolution of ecosystems! beginning from the Late Cretaceous period onwards. Zusammenfassung The paleoecological history of the Americas is as complex as the region is broad: stretching from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego! it features some of the most extraordinary vegetation on the planet. With plants as his scientific muse! the author traces the evolution of ecosystems! beginning from the Late Cretaceous period onwards.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Graham, Alan H. Graham
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2010
• EAN: 9780226306797
• ISBN: 978-0-226-30679-7
• No. of pages: 408
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Palaeontology; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, SCIENCE / Paleontology, Applied ecology, The Americas, Plant Ecology, Palaeontology, Botany and plant sciences