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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Vegetation and Physiography of Sumatra
  name:
    name part: Regional Center for Tropical Biology (Bogor, Indonesia)
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Laumonier, Yves.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    date issued: 1997
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (215 pages 107 illustrations)
  abstract: The position of Sumatra as a link between continental South East Asia and the other main Sunda islands has attracted the attention of naturalists and explorers for many centuries, but the biological richness of the island has been somewhat neglected. This volume gives a critical appraisal of the methods used in vegetation survey in the tropics, and in the utilization of geomorphology, pedology, climatology in preparing sampling procedures for the vegetation. The proposed small-scale eco-floristic physiographical classification forms the basis for future monitoring of deforestation. A study of relationships between biophysical gradients and forest types, floristic mosaics and vegetation dynamics has enabled Laumonier to identify future study sites using phyto-ecological criteria. A great deal of information is incorporated on the structure, flora and ecological characteristics of a surprising diversity of vegetation types. The nature and diversity of Sumatran tropical forests turns out to have been insufficiently understood, leading the author to surmise that the actual modelling of forest function is premature in most cases, and that future research programmes are needed in Sumatra, if a proper balance is to be found between agricultural development and nature conservation. Audience: An extremely important, landmark study of Malaysian vegetation, of interest to students and professionals in plant science, tropical botany, ecology, biogeography, climatology, physical geography, and remote sensing as applied to vegetation science.
  note: Electronic resource.
  subject:
    topic: Life sciences
  subject:
    topic: Meteorology
  subject:
    topic: Forests and forestry
  subject:
    topic: Botany
  subject:
    topic: Botany
  subject:
    topic: Forests and forestry
  subject:
    topic: Life sciences
  subject:
    topic: Meteorology
  classification: QK1-989
  classification: 580
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      title: Geobotany ; 22
  identifier: 9789400900318 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 9400900317 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 9789401065023
  identifier: 9401065020
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  record info:
    record content source: AU@
    record creation date: 121227
    record change date: 20260420212120.3
    record identifier: in00003559350
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng