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1 online resource (345 p.) |
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. From Mandø to Lagoa Santa -- Chapter 1. Eugenius' Birthplace -- 1.1. A deprived small island -- 1.2. A Lutheran pastor's son -- Chapter 2. Jutland: At the Roots of a Passion -- 2.1. Decisive choices -- 2.2. Bewitching moorland -- 2.3. A demanding school -- 2.4. The political context -- Chapter 3. An Interrupted University Course -- 3.1. Academic training -- 3.2. Debating evolutionary theories -- 3.3. A harrowing crossing -- Chapter 4. From Rio to Lagoa Santa: A New World |
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4.1. Free at last! -- 4.2. A long journey -- 4.3. Eugenius' employer -- 4.3.1. A land of opportunity -- 4.3.2. A discovery -- 4.3.3. Controversies -- 4.3.4. Relative isolation -- 4.4. The economy of collecting and collections -- 4.4.1. "Explore thoroughly and travel less" -- 4.4.2. A difficult harvest to manage -- 4.4.3. Proof by object -- 4.4.4. Equipment, techniques and innovations -- 4.5. Flora of Central Brazil -- 4.6. An ecological study model -- 4.6.1. Pioneering work -- 4.6.2. A long history -- 4.6.3. Observe, measure -- 4.6.4. Reflecting on farming practices -- Conclusion to Part 1 |
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Part 2. Good Times and Bad -- Chapter 5. Outstanding Doctoral Studies -- 5.1. Exceptional conditions -- 5.2. Small objects, big discussions -- Chapter 6. Intense Activity, a Detour via Stockholm -- 6.1. Intense activity -- 6.2. An initial positioning with regard to evolutionary theories -- 6.3. An unbearable situation -- 6.4. A pleasant opportunity -- Chapter 7. Back to Copenhagen -- 7.1. The teacher-researcher -- 7.2. The successful author -- Conclusion to Part 2 -- Part 3. New Latitudes -- Chapter 8. Arctic and Tropical Missions -- 8.1. Exploring the land of the Greenlanders |
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8.2. Norwegian Lapland -- 8.3. Equinoctial America -- 8.4. Teams of specialists -- Chapter 9. Eugenius' Arctic Botanical Geography -- 9.1. A comparative and historical approach -- 9.2. The origin of northern flora -- 9.3. Ice Age debates and controversies -- 9.4. Arctic flowering plants -- 9.5. Boundaries and transitions -- 9.5.1. Birch formation -- 9.5.2. Heather heathland -- 9.6. European or Arctic flora? -- Chapter 10. The Long-Term Tropics -- 10.1. Back to the tropics -- 10.2. His favorite family -- Conclusion to Part 3 -- Part 4. Professor Warming's Ecology |
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Chapter 11. 1895-1896: Ecological Botanical Geography -- 11.1. The story of a new word -- 11.2. Synthesis and innovation -- 11.3. Let us eat! -- 11.4. Plant communities -- 11.5. Hierarchical units -- 11.6. Warming's classification system -- Chapter 12. Authorized Editions, or Not... -- 12.1. The problem of the 1902 edition -- 12.2. New references -- 12.3. A new theory -- Chapter 13. 1909: Oecology of Plants in the Storm -- 13.1. Warming's point of view -- 13.2. Reasoned opinions -- 13.2.1. A critical admirer -- 13.2.2. A disappointed admirer -- 13.2.3. The quest for the Grail |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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13.3. Leaving the road |
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Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781394276677 |
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1394276672 |
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1394276699 |
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9781394276691 |
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