Book ID: 5240
HALLE, Francis, R.A.A.OLDEMAN, P.B.TOMLINSON
Tropical trees and forests. An architectural analysis. 1978. 111 figs. XVII,441 p. Cloth.
Less than ten years ago the first comprehensive study on vegetativearchitecture in tropical plants was published. This topic soon evokedinterest in widely different disciplines, such as taxonomy, morphogenetics, plant physiology and biogeography. More recently, theecological study of the tropical rain forest from this viewpoint provedto be a rewarding subject and continued research led to further results,particularly in the field of sylvigenesis. - Out of print. Secondhand copy.