Plants of Oceanic Islands: Evolution, Biogeography, and Conservation of the Flora of the Juan Fernández (Robinson Crusoe) Archipelago - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 1107180074 ISBN 13: 9781107180079

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2017

Riassunto

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 valuable resource for researchers and scholars of island biology worldwide as well as for conservation biologists, offers a comprehensive overview of the origin, evolution and conservation of the plants of the Juan Fernández Archipelago, presenting key insights into island biology, evolutionary biology, biogeography and conservation biology.

L'autore:

Tod F. Stuessy is Professor Emeritus, Ohio State University and University of Vienna. His interests include principles of classification, island biology, and plant genetic variation and speciation. He is the author or editor of thirteen books and over three hundred scientific papers. He has won the Engler Medal in Gold and was co-recipient of the Stebbins Medal for Plant Taxonomy from the International Association. He has also won the Asa Gray Award for the American Society of Plant Taxonomy, the Merit Award and Centennial Awards from the Botanical Society of America. A former President of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, Secretary-General of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy, and Vice President of the International Botanical Congress 2005 Vienna, Austria. He is also a former Director of the Ohio State Herbarium and Museum of Biological Diversity.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1107180074
• ISBN 13: 9781107180079
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 482
• Redattore: Stuessy Tod F., Crawford Daniel J., López-Sepúlveda Patricio, Baeza Carlos M., Ruiz Eduardo A.