The Palms of the Amazon
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Book Description
The palms are among the most abundant, diverse, and important families of plants found in the Amazon. Based on extensive field work, this book provides a systematic treatment of all palms that occur naturally in the Amazon region. Each species is exhaustively described with reviews of their
distribution, habitat, and ecology. Introductory chapters describe the physical setting of the Amazon region as well as on the biogeography and ecology of the palm family. This first modern treatment of the 135 species of Amazon palms provides a definitive account of their ecology, uses, and
biogeography. It will be welcomed by students, teachers, and researchers of botany, ecology, agronomy, and conservation biology.
The Palms of the Amazon,Andrew Henderson,Anthony Salazar,Oxford University Press, USA,0195083113,Amazon River Region,Classification,Flowering Plants (Angiospermae),Identification,Nature,Palms,Plants - General,Science/Mathematics,Amazon river,Botany & plant sciences,Reference works
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