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1 online resource (xix, 465 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
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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This book provides a comprehensive view of the origin and evolution of the plants of an entire oceanic archipelago. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
History of the islands / Tod F. Stuessy -- Botanists in the islands / Tod F. Stuessy and Clodomiro Marticorena -- Geology and soils / Walter A. Sontag, Jr., and Tod F. Stuessy -- Climate and weather / Walter A. Sontag, Jr., and Tod F. Stuessy -- Taxonomic inventory / Tod F. Stuessy, Roberto Rodríguez, Carlos M. Baeza, and Patricio López-Sepúlveda -- Vegetation / Josef Greimler, Patricio López-Sepúlveda, and Karl Reiter -- Impacts on the vegetation / Tod F. Stuessy, Clodomiro Marticorena, Ulf Swenson, Josef Greimler, and Patricio López-Sepúlveda -- Invasive species / Josef Greimler, Tod F. Stuessy, Ulf Swenson, Patricio López-Sepúlveda, and Carlos M. Baeza -- Conservation of native and endemic species / Tod F. Stuessy, Carlos M. Baeza, Patricio López-Sepúlveda, Roberto Rodrígez, and Ulf Swenson -- Flavonoid compounds / Daniel J. Crawford, Mario Silva O., Patricia Pacheco, and Hugo Valdebenito -- Chromosome numbers / Tod F. Stuessy and Carlos M. Baeza -- Reproductive biology / Gregory J. Anderson and Gabriel Bernardello -- Patterns of phylogeny / Tod F. Stuessy, Daniel J. Crawford, and Eduardo A. Ruiz -- Genetic diversity and divergence / Daniel J. Crawford, Patricio López-Sepúlveda, Koji Takayama, and Eduardo A. Ruiz -- Speciation / Daniel J. Crawford, Tod F. Stuessy, Koji Takayama, Patricio López-Sepúlveda, Gregory J. Anderson, and Gabriel Bernardello -- Plant origins and dispersal / Gabriel Bernardello and Gregory J. Anderson -- Modeling species diversity / Walter A. Sontag, Jr., Tod F. Stuessy, and Ulf Swenson. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Island plants -- Juan Fernández Islands.
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Island plants. |
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Island plants -- Evolution -- Juan Fernández Islands.
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Evolution. |
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Island plants -- Conservation -- Juan Fernández Islands.
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Plants -- Juan Fernández Islands -- Identification.
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Plants. |
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Field guides.
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Juan Fernández Islands.
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Robinson Crusoe Island (Juan Fernández Islands)
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany. |
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Pacific Ocean -- Juan Fernández Islands. |
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Pacific Ocean -- Robinson Crusoe Island. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Stuessy, Tod F., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Plants of oceanic islands. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017 (DLC) 2017028541 (OCoLC)982091705 |
| ISBN |
9781316852965 (electronic book) |
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1316852962 (electronic book) |
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9781107180079 (hardback) |
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1107180074 (hardback) |
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9781316841358 |
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1316841359 |
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