Neotropical Savannas and Seasonally Dry Forests
Neotropical Savannas and Seasonally Dry Forests

Author: R. Toby Pennington

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2006-05-25

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 1000611310

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More often than not, when people think of a neotropical forest, what comes to mind is a rain forest, rather than a dry forest. Just as typically, when they imagine a savanna, they visualize the African plains, rather than those dry woodlands and grasslands found in the Neotropics. These same preconceptions can be found among scientists, as these ne

Monocots: Systematics and Evolution
Monocots: Systematics and Evolution

Author: Karen L Wilson

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2000-05-19

Total Pages: 728

ISBN-13: 0643099298

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Monocots: Systematics and Evolution presents leading work from around the world on non-grass monocotyledons and includes reviews and current research into their comparative biology, phylogeny and classification. The papers are based on presentations at the Second International Conference on the Comparative Biology of the Monocotyledons, Monocots II, held in Sydney, Australia in late 1998. Many were subsequently updated or extended to take into account new information. All 72 papers have been peer-reviewed.