Alexander von Humboldt, Humboldtian Science and the Origins of the Study of Vegetation

History of Science 25 (2):167-194 (1987)
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Buffon, German Biology, and the Historical Interpretation of Biological Species.Phillip R. Sloan - 1979 - British Journal for the History of Science 12 (2):109-153.
Vegetation as an object of study.Frank E. Egler - 1942 - Philosophy of Science 9 (3):245-260.

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