Plant Geography of Chile

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Moreira-Munoz, Andres (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Σειρά: Plant and Vegetation, 5
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Geobiology.; Biodiversity.; Evolutionary biology.; Nature conservation.; Life Sciences.; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Biogeosciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Nature Conservation.

The first and so far only Plant Geography of Chile was written about 100 years ago, since when many things have changed: plants have been renamed and reclassified; taxonomy and systematics have experienced deep changes as have biology, geography, and biogeography. The time is therefore ripe for a ne...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I: Geobotanical scenario
• The extravagant physical geography of Chile
• Getting geobotanical knowledge
• Part II: Chorology of Chilean Plants
• Geographical relations of the Chilean flora
• Biogeographic regionalization
• Part III: Islands biogeography
• Pacific offshore islands
• Islands on the continent
• Part IV: Case studies on selected families
• Cactaceae, a weird family and postmodern evolution
• The richest family: Chilean Asteraceae
• Nothofagus, key genus in plant geography
• Part V: Where to from here? Projections of Chilean plant geography
• All the possible worlds of biogeography
• Epilogue
• Index.