Introduction to California soils and plants :
Kruckeberg, Arthur R.
Introduction to California soils and plants : serpentine, vernal pools, and other geobotanical wonders / California soils and plants. Arthur R. Kruckeberg. - Berkeley : University of California Press, 2006. - xii, 280 p. : il., (algunas a col..), mapas ; 19 cm. - California natural history guides ; 86 .
Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 249-258) e índice.
Introduction : how geology shapes plant life -- The evolution of species with limited ranges -- The taxonomy of restricted plants -- 1. Landforms and plant life -- Mountains, climate, and flora -- The Channel Islands : insularity of landforms and plant life -- The Great Central Valley -- Vernal pools -- Dunes -- Pygmy pine barrens -- Wetlands : creations of landform diversity -- Final thoughts on landforms and plant life -- 2. Plants and their soils -- The study of geoedaphics -- Making soils from rocks -- Soil profiles -- A primer in plant-soil chemistry -- 3. The serpentine story -- What is serpentine? -- Plant tolerance to serpentine -- The serpentine landscape -- Serpentine dwellers -- Serpentine endemics -- Soil wanderers -- 4. Other strange plant-soil relationships -- The limestone problem -- Bristle-cone pine forests -- The snow-wreath discovery -- Other limestone floras -- Plant life on sterile rock and soils -- The Pine Hill flannel bush -- Salty places and their plant life -- Geothermal areas : power or flora? -- Pine islands in a sea of sagebrush -- Normal rocks and soils -- Bogs and fens -- Guano habitats -- 5. Plant distribution over space and time -- The beginnings of plant geography -- The general purpose genotype -- Endemics and the California floristic province -- Indicator species -- 6. Human influences -- From early Spanish mines to the present -- The Gold Rush -- Habitat loss and exotic species -- Habitats meriting protective status -- Epilogue : geology gone wild -- Exploring California's geology and plant life -- Glossary.
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Rare plants--California.
Rare plants--Ecophysiology--California.
Soils--California.
Plant-soil relationships--California.
Plantas raras--California.
Plantas rara--Ecofisiología--California.
Suelos--California.
Relación planta-suelo--California.
QK86.U6 / K78 2006
581.68/09794
Introduction to California soils and plants : serpentine, vernal pools, and other geobotanical wonders / California soils and plants. Arthur R. Kruckeberg. - Berkeley : University of California Press, 2006. - xii, 280 p. : il., (algunas a col..), mapas ; 19 cm. - California natural history guides ; 86 .
Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 249-258) e índice.
Introduction : how geology shapes plant life -- The evolution of species with limited ranges -- The taxonomy of restricted plants -- 1. Landforms and plant life -- Mountains, climate, and flora -- The Channel Islands : insularity of landforms and plant life -- The Great Central Valley -- Vernal pools -- Dunes -- Pygmy pine barrens -- Wetlands : creations of landform diversity -- Final thoughts on landforms and plant life -- 2. Plants and their soils -- The study of geoedaphics -- Making soils from rocks -- Soil profiles -- A primer in plant-soil chemistry -- 3. The serpentine story -- What is serpentine? -- Plant tolerance to serpentine -- The serpentine landscape -- Serpentine dwellers -- Serpentine endemics -- Soil wanderers -- 4. Other strange plant-soil relationships -- The limestone problem -- Bristle-cone pine forests -- The snow-wreath discovery -- Other limestone floras -- Plant life on sterile rock and soils -- The Pine Hill flannel bush -- Salty places and their plant life -- Geothermal areas : power or flora? -- Pine islands in a sea of sagebrush -- Normal rocks and soils -- Bogs and fens -- Guano habitats -- 5. Plant distribution over space and time -- The beginnings of plant geography -- The general purpose genotype -- Endemics and the California floristic province -- Indicator species -- 6. Human influences -- From early Spanish mines to the present -- The Gold Rush -- Habitat loss and exotic species -- Habitats meriting protective status -- Epilogue : geology gone wild -- Exploring California's geology and plant life -- Glossary.
0520233719 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520233727 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780520233720 9780520233713
2004030028
Rare plants--California.
Rare plants--Ecophysiology--California.
Soils--California.
Plant-soil relationships--California.
Plantas raras--California.
Plantas rara--Ecofisiología--California.
Suelos--California.
Relación planta-suelo--California.
QK86.U6 / K78 2006
581.68/09794
