The Vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula, Volume 1

About this book

The first of two volumes, The Vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula, Volume 1 provides updated and rigorous information about the vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula, an area of highest diversity in Europe and in the Mediterranean. The size and shape of the territory (a true peninsula) permits a treatment in a compact and coordinated way by a set of long experienced researchers. Volume 1 contains a section with general chapters including the climate, the general biogeography and the flora, and a second section with descriptions of nine regional sectors in which the peninsula and Balearic Islands have been divided.

Contents

Part 1. General Conditions
1. Introduction to the Iberian Peninsula, General Features: Geography, Geology, Name, Brief History, Land use and Conservation (Javier Loidi)
2. Bioclimatology of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands (Salvador Rivas-Martinez, Angel Penas, Sara del Rio, Tomas E. Diaz Gonzalez and Salvador Rivas-Saenz)
3. Dynamism in Vegetation: Vegetation Changes on a Short Time Scale (Javier Loidi
4. The Iberian Vascular Flora: Richness, Endemicity and Distribution Patterns (Carlos Aedo, Antoni Buira, Leopoldo Medina and Marta Fernandez-Albert)
5. Biogeographic Units of the Iberian Peninsula and Baelaric Islands to District Level: A Concise Synopsis (Salvador Rivas-Martinez. Angel Penas, Tomas E. Diaz Gonzalez, Paloma Canto, Sara del Rio, Jose Carlos Costa, Luis Herrero and Joaquin Molero)

Part 2. Description of the Vegetation of the Territories
6. The Lowlands and Midlands of Northwestern Atlantic Iberia (Javier Amigo, Manuel Antonio Rodriguez-Guitian, Joao Jose Pradinho Honrado and Paulo Alves).-
7. The High Mountain Area of Northwestern Spain: The Cantabrian Range, The Galician-Leonese Mountains and the Bierzo Trench (Tomas E. Diaz Gonzalez and Angel Penas).-
8. The Pyrenees (Josep M Ninot, Empar Carrillo and Albert Ferre).-
9. Tras-Os-Montes and Beira Alta (Carlos Aguiar and Carlos Vila-Vicosa).-
10. The Duero Basin (Angel Penas, Sara del Rio, Luis Herrero and Miguel Ladero).-
11. The Iberian Ranges and Highlands (Manuel Peinado, Juan Luis Aguirre and Alejandro Aparicio).-
12. The Ebro Basin (Javier Loidi).-
13. The Sistema Central (Central Range) (Daniel Sanchez-Mata, Rosario Gavilan and Vicenta de la Fuente).-
14. The Coastal Levantine Area (Pilar Soriano and Manuel Costa)

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