Vegetation of the Tropical Pacific Islands
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Edited by M.M. Caldwell, Logan, USA G. Heldmaier, Marburg, Germany O.L. Lange, Wiirzburg, Germany H.A. Mooney, Stanford, USA E.-D. Schulze, Bayreuth, Germany U. Sommer, Kiel, Germany
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Dieter Mueller-Dombois F. Raymond Fosberg (deceased)
Vegetation of the Tropical Pacific Islands With 521 illustrations, 436 in color
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Dieter Mueller-Dombois Professor Emeritus DepruUnentofBomny University of Hawai'i at Miinoa Honolulu, Hawai'i 96822-2279 USA
F. Raymond Fosberg (deceased) Botanist Emeritus Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC USA
Cover illustration: A map showing the Pacific tropical island area covered in the text See Figure 1.1. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mueller-Dombois, Dieter, 1925Vegetation of the tropical Pacific is1ands 1Dieter Mueller Dombois, F. Raymond Fosberg. p. cm.--(Ecological studies ; 132) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 978-0-387-98313-4 1. Plant ecology--Oceania. 2. Plant communities--Oceania. 3. Phytogeography-Oceania. 1. Fosberg, F. Raymond (Francis Raymond), 1908-1993. Il. Title. m. Series: Ecologica! studies; V. 132. QK471.M84 1998 581.995-dc21 97-24026 ISBN 978-0-387-98313-4 ISBN 978-1-4419-8686-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-8686-3
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In Memoriam of F. Raymond Fosberg (1908-1993) who died during the book-writing effort A special commemorative issue was published in the Atoll Research Bulletin no's 390-396 of February 1994 issued by the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
With the expressed wishes of my co-author, F. Raymond Fosberg, prior to his death in 1993 This book is dedicated to ANNETTE MUELLER-DOMBOIS for her untiring assistance in the technical aspects of preparing this book for publication, and also for her considerable input through critical reading of the manuscript and, last
