Ecosystems of Florida

ISBN: 9780813010229

出版社: University Press of Florida

出版年: 1990-09-28

页数: 728

定价: USD 34.95

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

Between roughly 25 and 31 degrees north latitude, a combination of flat topography, poor soils, and limited surface water produce deserts nearly everywhere on earth. In Florida, however, these conditions support a lavish biota, more diverse than that of any other state east of the Mississippi. In this first comprehensive guide to the state's natural resources in sixty years, thirty top scholars describe the character, relationships, and importance of Florida's ecosystems, the organisms that inhabit them, the forces that maintain them, and the agents that threaten them. From pine flatwoods to coral reef, "Ecosystems of Florida" provides a detailed, comprehensive, authoritative account of the peninsular state's complex, fragile environments.