Plant Geography of Chile

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Moreira-Munoz, Andres (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edition:1st ed. 2011.
Series:Plant and Vegetation, 5
Subjects:
Plants-Evolution.
Biogeography.
Biodiversity.
Evolution (Biology).
Conservation biology.
Ecology .
Plant Evolution.
Biogeosciences.
Evolutionary Biology.
Conservation Biology.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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