The Phytogeographical Zones of Palestine

A FEW years ago the author was commissioned to survey the fodder problem in Cyprus and Palestine and suggest how the available resources might be improved in relation to the demands of the livestock population.' In order to appraise the possibilities of managing the natural vegetation for greater fodder production, it was necessary to study the ecological relationships of the various types of vegetation and therefore, as a preliminary, to review the work of the late Professor A. Eig and the other botanists of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. That work has been primarily concerned with establishing the phytogeographical relationship of Palestine (within the political boundaries before the State of Israel was formed) with the other countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean. The Jewish botanists have produced an interpretation different from that of the older European phytogeographers or the more recent Russian school. It regards Palestine and parts of the adjacent countries as a meeting place of some of the world's major phytogeographical groups

Ancient history · Geography · Palestine · Botanical Research and Chemistry · Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies · History · Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies

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