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This book is concerned with the terrestrial vegetation of the Pacific islands in the tropical realm. Aquatic vegetation will only be treated marginally where appropriate. As in the other vegetation monographs of this World Series, our vegetation treatment relates to a very large area: the tropical Pacific Ocean forms the matrix surrounding numerous small terrestrial areas, whose plant cover is the focus of this book.
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Mueller-Dombois, D., Fosberg, F.R. (1998). Introduction. In: Vegetation of the Tropical Pacific Islands. Ecological Studies. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8686-3_1
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