The Vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula Volume 1 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Loidi, Javier (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Plant and Vegetation, 12
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biodiversity.; Plant ecology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Ecology.; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.
• Physical Description: XVIII, 676 p. 241 illus., 204 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319547848
• ISSN: 1875-1318 ;

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.