Leonard Cockayne

The Vegetation of New Zealand

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781016718455
• ISBN-10: 1016718454
• Artikelnr.: 66854504

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Preface to the second edition
Part I. Introduction: 1. Preliminary remarks
2. History of botanical investigation
3. Bibliography
4. Sketch of the leading physiographical features of the region
5. The climate of New Zealand
Part II. The Vegetation of Primitive and Semi-Primitive New Zealand: Section I. The Vegetation of the Sea-Coast: 1. General observations on the coastal-vegetation
2. The leading physiognomic plants and their life-forms
3. The autecology of the coastal plants
4. The plant communities
Section II. The Vegetation of the Lowlands and Lower Hills: 1. Introductory remarks
2. The leading physiognomic plants and their life-forms
3. The autecology of the lowland plants
4. The plant committee
Section III. The Vegetation of the High Mountains: 1. General remarks
2. The leading physiognomic plants and their life-forms
3. The autecology of the high-mountain plants
4. The plant communities
Section IV. The Vegetation of the Outlying Islands: 1. The vegetation of the Kermadee Islands
2. The vegetation of the Chatham Islands
3. The vegetation of the subantarctic islands
Part III. The Effect of Settlement upon the Plant-Covering of New Zealand: 1. The introduced plants growing wild without cultivation
2. The new vegetation
3. Agriculture and horticulture in New Zealand
Part IV. The Flora of New Zealand, its Distribution and Composition: 1. The botanical subdivisions of the region
2. The families, genera and elements of the flora
Part V. The History of the Flora: General
The problematical history of the flora
Index.