Plants of Oceanic Islands
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Plants of Oceanic Islands

Evolution, Biogeography, and Conservation of the Flora of the Juan Fernández (Robinson Crusoe) Archipelago

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Plants of Oceanic Islands

Evolution, Biogeography, and Conservation of the Flora of the Juan Fernández (Robinson Crusoe) Archipelago

About this book

Bringing together results from over 30 years of research on the Juan Fernández Archipelago off the coast of Chile, this book offers comprehensive coverage of the plants of these special islands. Despite its remote setting in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, the Juan Fernández Archipelago is in many ways an ideal place to ask and attempt to answer basic questions regarding the evolution of vascular plants in an oceanic island environment. By building upon a firm taxonomic base for the flora, a new level of understanding regarding evolution, biogeography, and conservation of the plants is presented. This book is an extensive investigation of the origin and evolution of the flora of an oceanic archipelago, and it serves as a valuable resource for researchers and scholars of island biology as well as for conservation biologists worldwide.

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Yes, you can access Plants of Oceanic Islands by Tod F. Stuessy,Daniel J. Crawford,Patricio López-Sepúlveda,Carlos M. Baeza,Eduardo A. Ruiz in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Botany. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Frontispiece
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. In Memoriam
  7. Dedication
  8. Contents
  9. List of Contributors
  10. Preface
  11. Acknowledgments
  12. Introduction
  13. Part I Historical Aspects
  14. Part II Physical Setting
  15. Part III The Green Landscape
  16. Part IV Plant Conservation
  17. Part V Patterns of Character Diversity
  18. Part VI Evolutionary Processes
  19. Part VII Biogeography
  20. Conclusions
  21. Appendices
  22. Literature Cited
  23. Index of Scientific and Vernacular Names
  24. Index of Topics