Vegetation Ecology of Socotra

• Main Authors: Brown, Gary (Author), Mies, Bruno A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Plant and Vegetation, 7
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biodiversity.; Ecosystems.; Plant ecology.; Community ecology, Biotic.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Ecology.; Community & Population Ecology.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.

The Socotra Archipelago is a regional biodiversity hotspot with a high degree of endemism, and it is for this reason that it is often referred to as the “Galápagos of the Indian Ocean”. Although its unique flora has received much attention recently, little information is available on the vegetation...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Topography, Climate and Soils
• 3. Geology
• 4. Flora and Biogeography
• 5. Ecology and Adaptive Strategies
• 6. Vegetation
• 7. Environmental Management
• Appendix 1. List of vascular plant species of the Socotra archipelago
• Appendix 2. List of bryophytes of Socotra
• Appendix 3. List of lichens of Socotra
• References
• Index.