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The Reindeer Botanist
Wendy Dathan
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Description for The Reindeer Botanist
Paperback. Num Pages: 748 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1MTN; 3JJ; BGT; HBJK; HBLW; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1086.
The Reindeer Botanist is the first biography of one of Canada's most remarkable botanists. Alf Erling Porsild (1901-1977) grew up on the Arctic Station in West Greenland and later served as curator of botany at the National Museum of Canada. He collected thousands of specimens, greatly enlarging the National Herbarium and making it a superb research centre.
For nearly twenty years, Porsild studied reindeer activities in Alaska and the Northwest Territories as part of the Reindeer Project designed to encourage grazing animal husbandry among aboriginal peoples. He published extensively, and his meticulous research and observations have particular relevance today ... Read more
The Reindeer Botanist is the first biography of one of Canada's most remarkable botanists. Alf Erling Porsild (1901-1977) grew up on the Arctic Station in West Greenland and later served as curator of botany at the National Museum of Canada. He collected thousands of specimens, greatly enlarging the National Herbarium and making it a superb research centre.
For nearly twenty years, Porsild studied reindeer activities in Alaska and the Northwest Territories as part of the Reindeer Project designed to encourage grazing animal husbandry among aboriginal peoples. He published extensively, and his meticulous research and observations have particular relevance today ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Calgary Press Canada
Number of pages
748
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Calgary, Canada
ISBN
9781552385869
SKU
V9781552385869
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Ref
99-15
About Wendy Dathan
Wendy Dathan studied botany at McGill University and eventually worked as Assistant/Acting Curator at the McGill Herbarium and thereafter began her research on Porsild for her master's thesis on his Canadian Reindeer Project years.
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