Book ID: 90258
Campbell, D. G. and H. D. Hammond (eds.)
Floristic Inventory of Tropical Countries: The Status of Plant Systematics, Collections, and Vegetation, plus Recommendations for the Future. 1989. 556 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
This book provides an evaluation and synthesis of the status of plant inventory and completeness of collections of rain forest vegetation intropical countries, placing special emphasis on threatened habitats, zones of endemism, endangered species, and undercollected areas. In ajoint research effort, this work by more than 60 experts aims to furnishscientists, conservationists, government officials, and land-use planners with a foundation upon which to build ecologically sound policyplans pertaining to the development, utilization, preservation, and conservation of these rapidly disappearing ecosystems.