Climate: An Inquiry Into the Causes of Its Differences, and Into Its Influence on Vegetable Life (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

C. Daubeny

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0656017511 ISBN 13: 9780656017515

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore how climate shapes life and why plants vary around the world.

In these lectures, the author surveys how temperature and solar influence help determine where plants grow. He also compares wild and cultivated species, showing how human planting extends the range of many crops beyond their natural limits.

What you’ll encounter:

• How latitude, land, and sea barriers affect plant distribution and the concept of the geography of plants
• The difference between wild plant limits and cultivated adaptions, with examples from fruits and grains
• How starch, sugar, and related nourishing compounds form the “staff of life” in food plants
• The role of climate in shaping diet, agriculture, and the spread of cultivated species across regions

Ideal for readers interested in the history of climate science, botany, and the practical links between weather, geography, and food.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0656017511
• ISBN 13: 9780656017515
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 189