Монография на англ. языке New York: the Ronald Press Company, 1957.- 394p.
The scope of this book extends across the fields of plant and animal ecology and geography, with many overlaps of the genetics, human geography, anthropology and social sciences. All of thi together form the domain of biogeography.
Introduction:
The levels of integrations;
Environmental processes
History of biota:
Origin and evolution of the major groups og plants and animals;
Transhemispheric movements;
Criteria of distribution;
The notion of flora and fauna;
Floristic provinces and regions;
The laws of distributions.
Bioclimatiligy:
Facrirs and elements of climate;
Indicators of climatic stress;
Regional life-form spectra;
Climatis regimen and trends;
Characteristics of climatic zones;
Plant formation-classes;
Effect of altitude;
Climates and communities of the past;
Climatic change;
Law of climatic response.
Synecology:
Environmental dimensions;
Classification of ecosystems;
Salt water biocycle;
Fresh water biocycle;
Land biocycle;
Soils;
Structure of vegetation;
Dynamics of vegetation;
Composition of communities;
Analytic phytosociology;
Synthetic phytosociology;
Classification of plant communities;
Laws of community adjustment.
Autecology:
Conditions of adaptations;
Area and habitata;
Chemical factors;
Physical factors;
Biological responsis;
Epharmonic forms;
Biocenotic integration;
Population structure;
Evolutionary opportunity;
Laws of ecological fitness.
Man's impact on the landscape:
The scale of human interference;
Travel, migration, war, and naturalization;
Lumbering;
Cultivation;
Burning and grazing;
Industry;
Urbanization;
Land-use patterns;
Laws of resource tapping.
Appendix
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
