Isolated Wonder: A Scientist in the Robinson Crusoe Islands - Brossura

Stuessy, Tod F.

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ISBN 10: 193564128X ISBN 13: 9781935641285

Casa editrice: Missouri Botanical Garden, 2024

Riassunto

An exploration of the Robinson Crusoe Islands, a national park of Chile located more than four hundred miles west of the South American continent.

The classic novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe was based on the true adventures of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor who lived isolated in these islands from 1704 to 1709. There exist unique flowering plants and ferns that stimulate scientific questions: How and when did these plants arrive in the archipelago? What processes of evolution occurred after they colonized?

Botanists on twelve expeditions over forty years from Ohio State University, University of Concepción, University of Vienna, and other institutions have revealed secrets of this unique plant world through numerous scientific publications. Isolated Wonder explains clearly and honestly the challenges of doing fieldwork on these islands, the excitements, the disappointments, and how research can dramatically impact personal lives, and vice versa. This book provides informative and entertaining insights into what happens on botanical expeditions in an isolated region of the world.
 

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Informazioni sull?autore

Tod F. Stuessy is professor emeritus at Ohio State University, Columbus, and University of Vienna, Austria. He has been president of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists and secretary-general of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Missouri Botanical Garden
• Data di pubblicazione: 2024
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 193564128X
• ISBN 13: 9781935641285
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 335
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile