Plant Diversity of an Andean Cloud Forest : Inventory of the Vascular Flora of Maquipucuna, Ecuador

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Webster, Grady L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Botany.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Botany.
Botany > Ecuador > Bosque Protector Maquipucuna Region.
Ecuador > Bosque Protector Maquipucuna.
Bosque Protector Maquipucuna (Équateur)
Bosque Protector Maquipucuna (Ecuador)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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