Title Plants of oceanic islands : evolution, biogeography, and conservation of the flora of the Juan Fernandez (Robinson Crusoe) Archipelago / edited by Tod Stuessy, the Ohio State University and University of Vienna ; Daniel Crawford, Kansas University ; Patricio Lopez-Sepulveda, University of Concepcion ; Carlos Baeza, University of Concepcion ; Eduardo Ruiz, University of Concepcion

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018 ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 465 pages) Contents History of the islands / Tod F. Stuessy -- Botanists in the islands / Tod F. Stuessy and Clodomiro Marticorena -- Geology and soils / Walter A. Sontag, Jr., and Tod F. Stuessy -- Climate and weather / Walter A. Sontag, Jr., and Tod F. Stuessy -- Taxonomic inventory / Tod F. Stuessy, Roberto Rodríguez, Carlos M. Baeza, and Patricio López-Sepúlveda -- Vegetation / Josef Greimler, Patricio López-Sepúlveda, and Karl Reiter -- Impacts on the vegetation / Tod F. Stuessy, Clodomiro Marticorena, Ulf Swenson, Josef Greimler, and Patricio López-Sepúlveda -- Invasive species / Josef Greimler, Tod F. Stuessy, Ulf Swenson, Patricio López-Sepúlveda, and Carlos M. Baeza -- Conservation of native and endemic species / Tod F. Stuessy, Carlos M. Baeza, Patricio López-Sepúlveda, Roberto Rodrígez, and Ulf Swenson -- Flavonoid compounds / Daniel J. Crawford, Mario Silva O., Patricia Pacheco, and Hugo Valdebenito -- Chromosome numbers / Tod F. Stuessy and Carlos M. Baeza -- Reproductive biology / Gregory J. Anderson and Gabriel Bernardello -- Patterns of phylogeny / Tod F. Stuessy, Daniel J. Crawford, and Eduardo A. Ruiz -- Genetic diversity and divergence / Daniel J. Crawford, Patricio López-Sepúlveda, Koji Takayama, and Eduardo A. Ruiz -- Speciation / Daniel J. Crawford, Tod F. Stuessy, Koji Takayama, Patricio López-Sepúlveda, Gregory J. Anderson, and Gabriel Bernardello -- Plant origins and dispersal / Gabriel Bernardello and Gregory J. Anderson -- Modeling species diversity / Walter A. Sontag, Jr., Tod F. Stuessy, and Ulf Swenson Summary 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 This book provides a comprehensive view of the origin and evolution of the plants of an entire oceanic archipelago Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Island plants -- Juan Fernández Islands Island plants -- Evolution -- Juan Fernández Islands Island plants -- Conservation -- Juan Fernández Islands Plants -- Juan Fernández Islands -- Identification SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany. Island plants Plants SUBJECT Juan Fernández Islands. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86006648 Robinson Crusoe Island (Juan Fernández Islands) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008008644 Subject Pacific Ocean -- Juan Fernández Islands Pacific Ocean -- Robinson Crusoe Island Genre/Form Field guides Form Electronic book Author Stuessy, Tod F., editor. ISBN 9781316852965 1316852962

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