Darwin's Influence Upon Plant Geography and Ecology

Frederic E. Clements

doi:10.1086/279039

The plant geography of the central Aegean

Feddes Repertorium ◽

10.1002/fedr.4910810119 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 81 (1-5) ◽

pp. 229-231

Author(s):

Hans Runemark

Keyword(s):

Plant Geography

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Plant geography upon the basis of functional traits: an example from eastern North American trees.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.5348956.5300054 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

Jennifer Dungan

Keyword(s):

Functional Traits ◽

North American ◽

Plant Geography

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Humboldt's Essay on Plant-Geography

Kew Bulletin ◽

10.2307/4114775 ◽

1960 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 188

Author(s):

N. Y. Sandwith ◽

Alexander von Humboldt

Keyword(s):

Plant Geography

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Plant Geography

Geographical Journal ◽

10.2307/1776504 ◽

1904 ◽

Vol 23 (6) ◽

pp. 780

Author(s):

J. C. Willis

Keyword(s):

Plant Geography

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Humboldtian plant geography after Humboldt: the link to ecology

The British Journal for the History of Science ◽

10.1017/s0007087400034476 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 29 (3) ◽

pp. 289-310 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Malcolm Nicolson

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

History Of Biology ◽

Plant Geography ◽

Alexander Von Humboldt ◽

Carl Linnaeus ◽

History Of

In his classic textbook,The History of Biology, Erik Nordenskiöld suggested that there had existed, throughout the nineteenth century, not one but two distinct forms of plant geography. He designated one of these traditions of inquiry ‘floristic’ plant geography, tracing its origins back to the work of Carl Linnaeus on species and their distributions. The second form Nordenskiöld termed ‘morphological’, by which he meant that its practitioners concentrated upon the study of vegetation rather than flora. He located the origins of this tradition of inquiry within the botanical work of Alexander von Humboldt.

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Introduction

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences ◽

10.1098/rstb.1969.0005 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 255 (800) ◽

pp. 187-188 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Royal Society ◽

New Caledonia ◽

Solomon Islands ◽

Research Committee ◽

Plant Geography ◽

Late Professor ◽

Southern Zone ◽

Geological Setting ◽

Plant Life ◽

General Field

We have come to hear on these three days from as many members of the Expedition as we could assemble the results of their work in the Solomon Islands. We have the pleasure, also, in looking forward to contributions from six other scientists who, though not Expedition members, have independently added much to the exploration and study of the Solomons. We hope to enjoy the first occasion for a lengthy biogeographical discussion about the islands. This was the purpose of the Expedition set by its originator, the late Professor Carl Pantin, when he was chairman of the Southern Zone Research Committee. We owe to him and to the generosity of the Royal Society the grand opportunity we have had to visit those beautiful islands, to have explored them according to our predilections, and to be gathered here in such hospitality. Professor Pantin decided that the zoological side should be confined to marine and land invertebrata, being the groups most likely to assist in evaluating the geological connexions of the islands. To increase this aspect, and to test the results, we have the contribution by Professor Cain on the birds and of Dr Torben Wolff on the zoology of Rennell Island, which the Expedition was unable to visit. A geological setting has been prepared by Dr Thompson, which in his absence will be read by Dr Allum, who has himself investigated the occurrence and nature of faulting, particularly on Guadalcanal. Pantin left the botanists to decide for themselves and they have covered most groups of plant life, from the sea, where Dr Womersley and his assistant studied the seaweeds, to the totality of the land-flora excepting the microscopic algae and fungi. But we botanists have also invited Dr Thorne to inform to us on the remarkable differences between New Caledonia and the Solomons, as great as the differences between the British and Japanese floras, yet so much closer together. And we have invited Professor Good to put our findings in the general field of Melanesian and Malaysian plant-geography. Our sixth outside contribution is from Dr Brookfield on the new field of climatology in the Solomons. Regrettably, neither Dr Brookfield nor Dr Thorne is able to be with us.

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