Advances in Economic Botany, Volume 6: The Palm-Tree of Life: Biology, Utilization and Conservation

by Michael J. Balick

Palms play important and often multiple roles in the economies of many tropical and subtropical countries. This collection of twenty-one papers is divided into four a taxonomic overview of palms; the reproductive biology, ecology, and physiology of certain economically useful palms; the utilization of palms; and the conservation of palms. Ethnobotanical and domestication studies of palms are particularly well represented.

282 pages, Paperback

First published May 30, 1988