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Origin and Evolution of Caribbean Mangroves : A Time-Continuum Ecological Approach / by Valentí Rull.
Springer Nature - Springer Biomedical and Life Sciences eBooks 2024 English International Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rull, Valentí.
- Series:
- Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 2196-971X ; 252
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paleoecology.
- Biotic communities.
- Biodiversity.
- Conservation biology.
- Ecology.
- Plants--Evolution.
- Plants.
- Plant ecology.
- Ecosystems.
- Conservation Biology.
- Plant Evolution.
- Plant Ecology.
- Local Subjects:
- Paleoecology.
- Ecosystems.
- Biodiversity.
- Conservation Biology.
- Plant Evolution.
- Plant Ecology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (206 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2024.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024.
- Summary:
- This book provides a comprehensive, detailed, and coherent spatio-temporal account of Caribbean mangrove evolution from its evolutionary origins to the present that is not available for any mangrove region in the world. Mangroves are intertidal wetland forests that play a crucial role in the maintenance of terrestrial and marine biodiversity, and in the functioning of global biogeochemical cycles (especially the carbon cycle). These ecosystems dominate the tropical/subtropical coasts of all continents and are among the most threatened ecosystems in the world. This book combines all temporal scales, from the geological to the ecological, to provide an integrated picture of mangrove history and the natural and anthropogenic drivers of ecological and evolutionary change. This may be useful not only for understanding the current ecological status of these emblematic ecosystems, but also for informing their conservation in the face of ongoing global change. .
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. The Caribbean Mangroves Today
- Chapter 3. Eocene Origin
- Chapter 4. Oligocene Revolution
- Chapter 5. Neogene Diversification
- Chapter 6. The Pelliciera Taxon Cycle: a Time-Continuum Integrative Synthesis
- Chapter 7. Quaternary Shifts and Anthropization
- Chapter 8. Rise and Fall: Summary and Conservation Insights.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9783031576126
- 3031576128
- OCLC:
- 1435750905
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