Comparative Wood Anatomy: Systematic, Ecological, and Evolutionary Aspects of Dicotyledon Wood (Springer Series in Wood Science)
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Price: $299.00
Sale: $295.78
Manufacturer: Springer
EAN (European Article Number): 9783540411734
Number of Items: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Author: Sherwin Carlquist
Publisher: Springer
Edition: 2nd
Dewey Decimal Number: 575.46
Publication Date: 2001-04-15
Reading Level: 448
Description: An expose on comparative wood anatomy, comparing and discussing the systematic, ecological and evolutionary aspects of dicotyledon wood. Illustrated with light and scanning electron micrographs of wood features, and incorporates significant changes that have occurred in wood anatomy since the previous edition. Previous edition not cited. DLC: Wood--Anatomy.
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Review Summary: Heavy going even for the specialist
Date: 2000-04-26
Details: The price suggests this is a book for institutional libraries only. This is quite correct. Dr Carlquist has made a career of studying wood of small diameter stems: shrubs, subshrubs, liana's, etc. He has brought together an enormous body of knowledge on the variation in their wood anatomy and came up with many a theory to explain this. This book takes stock of his work up to 1988. Since many of his conclusions are controversial this work should only be read within hand's reach of an extended reference library: food for thought for the specialist!
Note: for those interested in practical wood anatomy (wood identification) the book by R.Bruce Hoadley is a good introduction. For those interested in an academic introduction to systematic wood anatomy the work 'Anatomy of the Dicotyledons' 2nd edition Volume II (1983) by Metcalfe & Chalk is the standard work: a good solid reference.
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