Vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula

Volume 1

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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This book provides a compact, up-to-date and detailed overview of the vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula, a highly diverse part of Europe in the Mediterranean area. Written by a group of experienced researchers, the volume includes a first section with general chapters discussing the climate, the biogeography and the flora, and a second section with detailed descriptions of the 14 regional sectors into which the peninsula and Balearic Islands have been divided. A third section explores special features, such as aquatic vegetation, gypsum and dolomite vegetation, coastal vegetation, mountain flora and vegetation, conservation issues and alien flora.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-08-14
Mått155 x 235 x 35 mm
Vikt1 163 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePlant and Vegetation
Antal sidor676
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783319854809

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Part 1. General Conditions.- 1. Introduction to the Iberian Peninsula, General Features: Geography, Geology, Name, Brief History, Land use and Conservation (Javier Loidi).- 2. Bioclimatology of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands (Salvador Rivas-Martínez, Ángel Penas, Sara del Río, Tomás E. Díaz González and Salvador Rivas-Sáenz).- 3. Dynamism in Vegetation: Vegetation Changes on a Short Time Scale (Javier Loidi.- 4. The Iberian Vascular Flora: Richness, Endemicity and Distribution Patterns (Carlos Aedo, Antoni Buira, Leopoldo Medina and Marta Fernández-Albert).- 5. Biogeographic Units of the Iberian Peninsula and Baelaric Islands to District Level: A Concise Synopsis (Salvador Rivas-Martínez. Ángel Penas, Tomás E. Díaz González, Paloma Cantó, Sara del Río, José Carlos Costa, Luis Herrero and Joaquín Molero).- Part 2. Description of the Vegetation of the Territories.- 6. The Lowlands and Midlands of Northwestern Atlantic Iberia (Javier Amigo, Manuel Antonio Rodriguez-Guitián, João Jose Pradinho Honrado and Paulo Alves).- 7. The High Mountain Area of Northwestern Spain: The Cantabrian Range, The Galician-Leonese Mountains and the Bierzo Trench (Tomás E. Díaz González and Ángel Penas).- 8. The Pyrenees (Josep M Ninot, Empar Carrillo and Albert Ferré).- 9. Trás-Os-Montes and Beira Alta (Carlos Aguiar and Carlos Vila-Viçosa).- 10. The Duero Basin (Ángel Penas, Sara del Río, Luis Herrero and Miguel Ladero).- 11. The Iberian Ranges and Highlands (Manuel Peinado, Juan Luis Aguirre and Alejandro Aparicio).- 12. The Ebro Basin (Javier Loidi).- 13. The Sistema Central (Central Range) (Daniel Sánchez-Mata, Rosario Gavilán and Vicenta de la Fuente).- 14. The Coastal Levantine Area (Pilar Soriano and Manuel Costa).