The vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula. Volume 1 (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Javier Loidi, editor.
• Editors: Loidi, Javier
• Contents: 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).
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
• Subjects: 581.946; Life sciences; Plants -- Iberian Peninsula; Botany; Plant Ecology; Biodiversity; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany; Plants; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Plant ecology; Biodiversity; Botany & plant sciences; Life Sciences; Plant Sciences; Plant Ecology; Biodiversity; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Europe -- Iberian Peninsula; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319547848; 3319547844; 3319547828; 9783319547824
• Related ISBNs: 9783319547824; 9783319561400; 3319561405
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 5, 2017).
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