Abstract -- Zusammenfassung.-1. Introduction.-2. Examples within Continents:2.1. Africa (including Madagascar) -- 2.2. Australia and New Zealand -- 2.3. Europe -- 2.4. The Mediterranean Basin.-2.5. Asia.-2.6South America.-2.7. North and Central America.-3. After the Ice:3.1. North America.-3.2. North American Conifers.-3.3. Europe.-3.4. South America.-4. Intercontinental Disjunctions:4.1Across the Atlantic Ocean.-4.2. Across the Indian Ocean (primarily).-4.3. North Pacific-4.4. South Pacific.-4.5. Western Pacific:Asia, Japan, and the Philippines.-5. Wide Disjunctions:5.1. Vascular Plants.-5.2. Nonvascular Plants.-6. Oceanic Islands:6.1. Galapagos Islands.-6.2. Hawaiian Islands.-6.3. Southern Pacific.-6.4. Juan Fernandez Islands.-6.5. Lord Howe Island.-6.6. Ullung Island, Korea -- 6.7. Tristan da Cunha and the Falklands.-6.8. Kerguelen Islands.-6.8. Macaronesia.-7. Polar Disjunctions:8. Conclusions:Bibliography
Summary
Contains an overall survey of natural product distribution pattern variation. This book presents an overview of geographic patterns in the distribution of plant secondary metabolites in natural populations. It also presents an introduction that includes definitions of phytochemical and biogeographic ideas
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-337)
