Assorted publications, mainly regarding phytogeography in various countries, 1951-1978

Containers:

Box 42 (MS 10563)

Component identifier:

File 464

Content Summary:

"Frost action and vegetation patterns on Seward Peninsula, Alaska" by D.M. Hopkins and R.S. Sigafoos, 1951. Geological Survey Bulletin 974-C.

"Alpine timberlines in the Americas and their interpretation" by R. Daubenmire. The State College of Washington.

"Origins and ecology of the Sierran Alpine flora and vegetation" by Brian F. Chabot and W.D. Billings, 1972. Reprinted from "Ecological Monographs", No. 42, pp. 163-199. Handwritten note on front reads "To Alec, with best wishes - [Dwights?].

"Cushion bogs" by E.J. Godley, 1978. In "Geoecological relations between the Southern temperate zone and the Tropical Mountains" edited by Carl Troll. In English and German. Annotated.

"Some early ideas concerning the nature, origin and development of peat lands" by Eville Gorham, 1953. Reprinted from the "Journal of Ecology", Vol. 41 No. 2. Handwritten note on front page "Alec, with best wishes, [illegible]".

"Plant productivity in Alpine microenvironments on Mt Washington, New Hampshire" by L.C. Bliss, 1966. Reprinted from Ecological Monographs, 36, pp. 125-55.

Immediate source of acquisition:

This large and diverse collection was compiled by Alec Costin then organised and catalogued by the eScholarship Research Centre at The University of Melbourne from 2017-2019. The collection was then transferred to the National Library of Australia in 2020.

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