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- First and only fully comprehensive account of all eight species of Adansonia
- Contains much new information
- Highly interesting for scientists, academics and laypeople
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
From the reviews:
"In this volume, Wickens and Lowe (both, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK) provide a very comprehensive, technical summary of the genus, including the current state of botanical understanding … and the associated fauna and their use of the trees. … It ends with 55 pages of references and both taxonomic and subjects indexes. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, research, and faculty audiences." (D. Dreyer, Choice, Vol. 46 (4), December, 2008)
"Baobabs are iconic trees of Africa, Madagascar and N.W. Australia … . The book is divided into 15 chapters. In ‘Historical background’ all records are reviewed … . This book is an invaluable resource of baobab knowledge." (Colin C. Walker, Bradleya, Vol. 27, 2009)
Authors and Affiliations
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Retired Head of Economic Botany, Royal Botanic Gardens, UK
Gerald E. Wickens
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Baobabs: Pachycauls of Africa, Madagascar and Australia
Authors: Gerald E. Wickens
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6431-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6430-2Published: 11 March 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7639-7Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6431-9Published: 02 March 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XL, 498
Topics: Plant Sciences, Tree Biology, Forestry, Agricultural Economics, Nature Conservation, Agriculture