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Plant Diversity of an Andean Cloud Forest : Inventory of the Vascular Flora of Maquipucuna, Ecuador.
Based on work spanning a decade, this study of the Maquipucuna area on the western slopes of the Andes discusses the climate, vegetation, ecological relationships and flora, and emphasizes the importance of the Maquipucuna area as a biological reserve.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2001.
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| Colección: | UC Publications in Botany, 82.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Abstract & Resumen; INTRODUCTION; CLIMATE AND TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION; FLORISTICS OF ECUADORIAN CLOUD FORESTS; ANALYSIS OF THE VASCULAR FLORA OF MAQUIPUCUNA; RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER FLORAS; CONSERVATIONAL STATUS OF THE MAQUIPUCUNA CLOUD FORESTS; CIRCUMSCRIPTION OF THE REGION COVERED BY THE INVENTORY; ENUMERATION OF TAXA; Pteridophyta; Angiosperms: Dicots; Monocots; Appendices; Appendix A. Dominant or conspicuous taxa of secondary and roadside vegetation in the Maquipucuna region, between 1150 and 1500 m.
- Appendix B. Dominant or abundant taxa of primary cloud forest (lower montane forest), 17002000 mAppendix C. Dominant or abundant taxa of upper montane forest, 21002750 m; Appendix D. Dominant and conspicuous taxa in riparian vegetation, 11252000 m; Appendix E. Distribution of epiphytes in the Maquipucuna vascular flora; Literature Cited; Plates.