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The Future of Island Vegetation

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Vegetation of the Tropical Pacific Islands

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD))

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The vegetation survey of the nine island regions outlined in this book cannot give a quick answer to the question, “What is the future of island vegetation?” As pointed out repeatedly in this book, vegetation is a hierarchical phenomenon.

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  1. Department of Botany, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, 96822-2279, Honolulu, Hawai’i, USA

    Dieter Mueller-Dombois (Professor Emeritus)

  2. Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA

    F. Raymond Fosberg (Botanist Emeritus)

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Mueller-Dombois, D., Fosberg, F.R. (1998). The Future of Island Vegetation. In: Vegetation of the Tropical Pacific Islands. Ecological Studies. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8686-3_11

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