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The Vegetation of Egypt (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2009) Loot Price: R5,782
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The Vegetation of Egypt (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2009): M. A. Zahran, A.J. Willis

The Vegetation of Egypt (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2009)

M. A. Zahran, A.J. Willis

Series: Plant and Vegetation, 2

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This book is an attempt to compile and integrate the information documented by many botanists, both Egyptians and others, about the vegetation of Egypt. The ? rst treatise on the ? ora of Egypt, by Petrus Forsskal, was published in 1775. Records of the Egyptian ? ora made during the Napoleonic expedition to Egypt (1778-1801) were provided by A. R. Delile from 1809 to 1812 (Kassas, 1981). The early beginning of ecological studies of the vegetation of Egypt extended to the mid-nineteenth century. Two traditions may be recognized. The ? rst was general exploration and survey, for which one name is symbolic: Georges-Auguste Schweinfurth (1836-1925), a German scientist and explorer who lived in Egypt from 1863 to 1914. The second tradition was ecophysiological to explain the plant life in the dry desert. The work of G. Volkens (1887) remains a classic on xeroph- ism. These two traditions were maintained and expanded in further phases of e- logical development associated with the establishment of the Egyptian University in 1925 (now the University of Cairo). The ? rst professor of botany was the Swedish Gunnar Tackholm (1925-1929). He died young, and his wife Vivi Tackholm devoted her life to studying the ? ora of Egypt and gave leadership and inspiration to plant taxonomists and plant ecologists in Egypt for some 50 years. She died in 1978. The second professor of botany in Egypt was F. W.

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Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin: United States
Series: Plant and Vegetation, 2
Release date: December 2008
First published: 2009
Authors: M. A. Zahran • A.J. Willis
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 437
Edition: 2nd ed. 2009
ISBN-13: 978-1-4020-8755-4
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Ecological science, the Biosphere
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > Plant ecology
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal ecology
Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > Biodiversity
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LSN: 1-4020-8755-1
Barcode: 9781402087554

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