Author: United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization
Title: Study of Tropical Vegetation. Proceedings of the Kandy Symposium/ L'Etude de la Vegetation...
Description: Paris, UNESCO, (1958). orig.wrappers. 27x21cm, 226, (8) pp, Proceedings of the Kandy symposium jointly organized by the Government of Ceylon & UNESCO.. 8pp photoplates,textual maps. name on cover, two inked marks to one page.cover spots,Good+ ¶ Contains 31 papers (27 in English, 4 in French), including: G.S. Puri " Problems in the Ecology of the Humid Tropics"; A. Dilmy & A:J:G:H: Kostermans "Research on the Vegetation of Indonesia"; R.A. de Rosayro " Tropical Ecological Studies in Ceylon"; Paul W. Bedard " Reconnaissance, Classification & Mapping of Philippine forests"; D. Chatterjee "Tropical vegetation of eastern India"; G.G.G.J. van Steenis "Concise outline of Malaysian vegetation mapping & literature"; G.G.G.J. van Steenis "Basic Principles of Rain Forest Sociology"; S.D.J.E. Senaratwa "Regional survey of the Grasslands of Ceylon"; G.G.G.J. van Steenis "Rejuvenation as a Factor for Judging the status of Vegetation types: the Biological Nomad theory", etc.

Keywords: Rain forest ecology, Tropical forestry, Phytosociology, Botany, Plant geography, South Asia, Tropical vegetation, Ecology, Tropics