Botanical journeys into the Western Australian deserts / Sandro Pignatti, Erika Pignatti Wikus.
Pignatti, Sandro.; Pignatti Wikus, Erika, author.
2021
QK431
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Title Botanical journeys into the Western Australian deserts / Sandro Pignatti, Erika Pignatti Wikus.
Author Pignatti, Sandro.
ISBN 9783030853297 (electronic bk.)
3030853292 (electronic bk.)
3030853284
9783030853280
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85329-7
Publication Details Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-030-85329-7 doi
Call Number QK431
Dewey Decimal Classification 581.7/54
Summary The book contains detailed descriptions of the unique desert environment with particular emphasis on vegetation and survival strategies of plants. Nine expeditions through the Southwest of Western Australia over a period of 15 years triggered the interest of the authors to explore also some deserts in the region, which leads to three further excursions into the sandy dunes of the desert. Observations of plant life in the deserts focused not only on identifying plants, but also on gaining some understanding of the aboriginal desert people of centuries past, and their own survival strategies in such extreme conditions. Also part of the Canning Stock Route was followed and explored, but the most rewarding and interesting finds were done criss-crossing the desert away from highways, tracks, and paths. The most remote areas showed species richness and surviving strategies which by far exceeded expectations.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 18, 2021).
Added Author Pignatti Wikus, Erika, author.
Series Geobotany studies, 2198-2570
Available in Other Form Print version: 9783030853280
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