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Origins of biogeography : the role of biological classification in early plant and animal geography / Malte Christian Ebach.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ebach, Malte C., author.
- Series:
- History, philosophy and theory of the life sciences ; v. 13.
- History, philosophy and theory of the life sciences, 2211-1948 ; volume 13
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biogeography--History.
- Biogeography.
- Biology--Classification--History.
- Biology.
- Biology--Classification.
- History.
- Biology--Methodology--History.
- Naturalists--History.
- Naturalists.
- Biology--Methodology.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 173 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, [2015]
- Contents:
- A history of biogeography for the twenty-first century biogeographer
- Origins, race & distribution
- Humboldt, Stromeyer and Candolle
- Classification divided
- Plant and animal geography in practise : maps, regions and regionalisation
- The legacy of nineteenth century plant and animal geography
- Epilogue
- Biosketches
- Appendix. Translation of the introduction to "Commentatio inauguralis sistens historiae vegetablium geographiae specmen" by Friedrich Stromeyer (1800) / translation by Mark Garland.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9401799989
- 9789401799980
- OCLC:
- 907652742
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