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Overview
Canada's Vegetation includes comprehensive sections on tundra, forest-tundra, boreal forest and mixed forest transition, prairie (steppe), Cordilleran environments in western North America, temperate deciduous forests, and wetlands. An overview of each ecosystem is provided, and equivalent vegetation types throughout the world are reviewed and compared with those in Canada. The integration of data on climate, soil, and vegetation in a single volume makes this an invaluable reference tool. Canada's Vegetation is sure to become a standard textbook for those in the environmental sciences.
Synopsis
Following an ecoclimatic approach, Geoffrey Scott reviews vegetation formations found in Canada in relation to physical geography.
Booknews
Describes Canada's plant species in relations to physical geography in such environments as tundra, boreal and mixed forests, prairies, and wetlands, and compares the equivalent species in similar habitats in other parts of the world. Of interest to both scientific and general readers. Canadian call number: C94-900780-3. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)