Tropical pioneers: human agency and ecological change in the highlands of Sri Lanka, 1800-1900/ James L.A. Webb
Material type: TextPublication details: New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2002Description: xviii, 243 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: 9780821414279; 9780195663204Subject(s): Rain forest ecology | Agricultural ecologyDDC classification: 304.2Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 304.2 WEB/T (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P03482 |
1. The natural ecology of the island and processes of early ecological change --
2. The highland ecologies in the early nineteenth century --
3. Early-nineteenth century processes of change --
4. The transformation of the middle highlands --
5. Into the upeer highlands --
Appendixes: --
1. Sir Joseph Banks, director of Kew Gardens, on the principles on which a colonial botanic garden in Ceylon should be founded --
2. Sir Joseph Bank's instructions to William Kerr, first gardener of the Royal Botanic Garden, Ceylon --
3. Burning the forest --
4. Cinchona harveting --
5. Superintendents, assistant directors, and directors of the Royal Botanic Garden, Peradeniya, in the nineteenth century.
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