Author: John Kunkel Small
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Flora of Miami
Author: John Kunkel Small
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Natural Resources of Southern Florida
Author: Roland McMillan Harper
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Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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American Journal of Botany
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 746
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 746
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Key to the Rocky Mountain Flora
Author: Per Axel Rydberg
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Seeking the American Tropics
Author: James A. Kushlan
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813065488
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
For centuries, the southernmost region of the Florida peninsula was seen by outsiders as wild and inaccessible, one of the last frontiers in the quest to understand and reveal the natural history of the continent. Seeking the American Tropics tells the stories of the explorers and adventurers who—for better and for worse—helped open the unique environment of South Florida to the world. Beginning with the arrival of Juan Ponce de León in 1513, James Kushlan describes how most of the famous Spanish explorers never made it to South Florida, leaving the area’s rich natural history out of scientific records for the next 250 years. It wasn’t until the British colonial and early American periods that the first surveyors were commissioned and the first naturalists—Titian Peale and John James Audubon—arrived to collect, draw, and report the subtropical flora and fauna that were so unique to North America. Moving into the railroad era, Kushlan illuminates the activities of scientists such as Henry Nehrling and Charles Torrey Simpson alongside the dabbling of wealthy amateur naturalists. He follows the story to the 1920s, when tourism was flourishing and signs of ecological damage were starting to show. Years of wildlife trade, resource extraction, invasive species introduction, and swamp drainage had taken their toll. And many of the naturalists who had been outspoken about protecting South Florida’s environment had also played a part in its destruction. Today the region is among one of the most thoroughly studied places on the planet—but at a cost. In this absorbing and cautionary tale, Kushlan illustrates how exploration has so often trumped conservation throughout history. He exposes how much of the natural world we have already lost in this vivid portrait of the Florida of yesterday.
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813065488
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
For centuries, the southernmost region of the Florida peninsula was seen by outsiders as wild and inaccessible, one of the last frontiers in the quest to understand and reveal the natural history of the continent. Seeking the American Tropics tells the stories of the explorers and adventurers who—for better and for worse—helped open the unique environment of South Florida to the world. Beginning with the arrival of Juan Ponce de León in 1513, James Kushlan describes how most of the famous Spanish explorers never made it to South Florida, leaving the area’s rich natural history out of scientific records for the next 250 years. It wasn’t until the British colonial and early American periods that the first surveyors were commissioned and the first naturalists—Titian Peale and John James Audubon—arrived to collect, draw, and report the subtropical flora and fauna that were so unique to North America. Moving into the railroad era, Kushlan illuminates the activities of scientists such as Henry Nehrling and Charles Torrey Simpson alongside the dabbling of wealthy amateur naturalists. He follows the story to the 1920s, when tourism was flourishing and signs of ecological damage were starting to show. Years of wildlife trade, resource extraction, invasive species introduction, and swamp drainage had taken their toll. And many of the naturalists who had been outspoken about protecting South Florida’s environment had also played a part in its destruction. Today the region is among one of the most thoroughly studied places on the planet—but at a cost. In this absorbing and cautionary tale, Kushlan illustrates how exploration has so often trumped conservation throughout history. He exposes how much of the natural world we have already lost in this vivid portrait of the Florida of yesterday.
Journal
Author: New York Botanical Garden
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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Ferns of Tropical Florida
Author: John Kunkel Small
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Annual Report
Author: Florida Geological Survey
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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Journal of the New York Botanical Garden
Author: New York Botanical Garden
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
"Publications of the staff, scholars and students of the New York Botanical Garden during the year" in vol. 3- 1902- The list for 1901 includes March 1895-Dec.1901.
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 696
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"Publications of the staff, scholars and students of the New York Botanical Garden during the year" in vol. 3- 1902- The list for 1901 includes March 1895-Dec.1901.
Kew Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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Publisher:
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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