Isolated Wonder: A Scientist in the Robinson Crusoe Islands
Autor Tod F. Stuessyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 apr 2024
The classic novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe was based on the true adventures of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor who lived isolated in these islands from 1704 to 1709. There exist unique flowering plants and ferns that stimulate scientific questions: How and when did these plants arrive in the archipelago? What processes of evolution occurred after they colonized?
Botanists on twelve expeditions over forty years from Ohio State University, University of Concepción, University of Vienna, and other institutions have revealed secrets of this unique plant world through numerous scientific publications. Isolated Wonder explains clearly and honestly the challenges of doing fieldwork on these islands, the excitements, the disappointments, and how research can dramatically impact personal lives, and vice versa. This book provides informative and entertaining insights into what happens on botanical expeditions in an isolated region of the world.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781935641285
ISBN-10: 193564128X
Pagini: 312
Ilustrații: 19 color plates, 93 halftones, 14 line drawings, 3 maps, 1 table
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Editura: Missouri Botanical Garden Press
Colecția Missouri Botanical Garden Press
ISBN-10: 193564128X
Pagini: 312
Ilustrații: 19 color plates, 93 halftones, 14 line drawings, 3 maps, 1 table
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Editura: Missouri Botanical Garden Press
Colecția Missouri Botanical Garden Press
Notă biografică
Tod F. Stuessy is professor emeritus at Ohio State University, Columbus, and University of Vienna, Austria. He has been president of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists and secretary-general of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy.
Cuprins
Preface
Chapter 1. Corrales de Molina
Chapter 2. Meeting Mario
Chapter 3. Expedition Preparations
Chapter 4. Previous Visitors
Chapter 5. Bizarre, Unusual, and Interesting Plants
Chapter 6. Arrivals and Departures
Chapter 7. Island Living
Chapter 8. Real Isolation
Chapter 9. An Improbable Encounter
Chapter 10. The Call
Chapter 11. Isolation Revisited
Chapter 12. The Heavy Hand of Humans
Chapter 13. Scientific Accomplishments
Chapter 14. Perspectives
Acknowledgments
Appendix 1. List of dates, personnel, and collections from our Robinson Crusoe expeditions
Appendix 2. Publications from the Robinson Crusoe Islands research group
Notes
Index
Chapter 1. Corrales de Molina
Chapter 2. Meeting Mario
Chapter 3. Expedition Preparations
Chapter 4. Previous Visitors
Chapter 5. Bizarre, Unusual, and Interesting Plants
Chapter 6. Arrivals and Departures
Chapter 7. Island Living
Chapter 8. Real Isolation
Chapter 9. An Improbable Encounter
Chapter 10. The Call
Chapter 11. Isolation Revisited
Chapter 12. The Heavy Hand of Humans
Chapter 13. Scientific Accomplishments
Chapter 14. Perspectives
Acknowledgments
Appendix 1. List of dates, personnel, and collections from our Robinson Crusoe expeditions
Appendix 2. Publications from the Robinson Crusoe Islands research group
Notes
Index