Plants of oceanic islands : evolution, biogeography, and conservation of the flora of the Juan Fernández (Robinson Crusoe) Archipelago / edited by Tod F. Stuessy, Daniel J. Crawford, Patricio López-Sepúlveda, Carlos M. Baeza, Eduardo A. Ruiz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stuessy, Tod F., editor.

Cambridge University Press.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Island plants--Juan Fernández Islands.

Island plants.

Island plants--Evolution--Juan Fernández Islands.

Island plants--Conservation--Juan Fernández Islands.

Plants--Juan Fernández Islands--Identification.

Plants.

Evolution.

Juan Fernández Islands.

Robinson Crusoe Island (Juan Fernández Islands).

Genre:

Field guides.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 465 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2018]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Part 1. Historical aspects : History of the islands / Tod F. Stuessy ; Botanists in the islands / Tod F. Stuessy & Clodomiro Marticorena

Part 2. Physical settings : Geology and soils / Walter A. Sontag, Jr., & Tod F. Stuessy ; Climate and weather / Walter A. Sontag, Jr., & Tod F. Stuessy

Part 3. The green landscape: Taxonomic inventory / Tod F. Stuessy Roberto Rodríguez, Carlos M. Baeza, and Patricio López-Sepúlveda ; Vegetation / Josef Greimler, Patricio López-Sepúlveda, and Karl Reiter

Part 4. Plant conservation : Impacts on the vegetation / Tod F. Stuessy, Cloomiro Marticorena, Ulf Swenson, Josef Greimler, and Patricio López-Sepúlveda ; Invasive Species / Josef Greimler, Tod F. Stuessy, Ulf Senson, Patricio López-Sepúlveda, and Carlos M. Baeza ; Conservation of native and endemic species / Tod F. Stuessy, Carlos M. Baeza, Patricio López Sepúlveda, Roberto Rodríguez, and Ulf Swenson

Part 5. Patterns of character diversity : Flavonoid compounds / Daniel J. Crawford, mario Silva O., Patricia Pacheco, and Hugo Valdebenito ; Chromosome numbers / Tod F. Stuessy and Carlos Baeza ; Reproductive biology / Gregory J. Anderson and Gabriel Bernardello

Part 6. Evolutionary processes : Patterns of phylogeny / Tod F. Stuessy, Daniel J. Crawford, and Eduardo A. Ruiz ; Genetic diversity and divergence / Daniel J. Crawford, Tod F. Stuessy, Koji Takayama, Patricio López-Sepúlveda, Gregory J. Anderson, and Gabriel Bernardello

Part 7. Biogeography : Plant origins and dispersonal / Gabriel bernardello and Gregory J. Anderson ; Modeling species diversity / Walter A. Sontag Jr., Tod F. Stuessy, and Ulf Swenson ; Conclusions / Tod F. Stuessy, Daniel J. Crawford, Carlos M. Baeza, Patricio López-Sepúlveda, Josef Greimler, Eduardo A. Ruiz, Koji Takayama, Gregory J. Anderson, Gabriel Bernardello, and Ulf Swenson

Appendices : Appendix 1. Maps of islands showing locations mentioned in the text ; Appendix 2. Nomenclatural novelties and notes

Literature cited

Index of scientific and vernacular names

Index of topics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781316841358

1316841359

Publisher Number:

99985125322

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