{"product_id":"the-arctic-and-antarctic-their-division-into-geobotanical-areas-paperback-9780521114264","title":"The Arctic and Antarctic; Their Division into Geobotanical Areas (Paperback) 9780521114264","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Arctic and Antarctic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTheir Division into Geobotanical Areas\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn analysis of plant communities in the polar regions.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eVera D. Aleksandrova (Author), Doris Lvve (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521114264, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 25 June 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFirst published in 1977, this is an authoritative work by one of the world's leading ecologists. Aleksandrova's account is a very full one with much detail. The methods of classification are as interesting as the results. A wide variety of floristic, vegetational, structural, faunistic and ecological data, both qualitative and quantitative, are used to diagnose and characterise vegetation units. The vegetation of the Arctic and Antarctic is classified according to diagnostic and characteristic features. The Arctic is divided into two provinces, tundra and polar desert and the Antarctic into subantarctic herbaceous cushion vegetation and antarctic polar desert. The arctic tundra is further subdivided into subarctic with shrubby Betula (Birch) or true arctic tundra without Betula. The end result is an analysis of plant communities in the polar regions that enables ecologists to generalise and, perhaps more important, to limit correctly the scope of that generalisation when it is drawn from careful local studies.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTranslator's foreword\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e 1. Division of the Arctic into geobotanical areas\u003cbr\u003e 2. The geobotanical regions of the Arctic: the tundra region\u003cbr\u003e 3. The geobotanical regions of the Arctic: the region of the arctic polar deserts\u003cbr\u003e 4. Division of the Antarctic into geobotanical areas\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e List of Latin plant names\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Environmental science, engineering \u0026amp; technology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Environmental science, engineering \u0026amp; technology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Environmental%20science,%20engineering%20\u0026amp;%20technology%20%5BTQ%5D%22\"\u003eTQ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006505439512,"sku":"9780521114264","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521114264i_1c18a5b8-43ae-4ae5-bce2-d7ec5d70fa28.jpg?v=1691371328","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-arctic-and-antarctic-their-division-into-geobotanical-areas-paperback-9780521114264","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}