Author: María de Lourdes Rico-ArcePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acacia
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
A Checklist and Synopsis of American Species of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae)
Author: María de Lourdes Rico-ArcePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acacia
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
The Biology of Island Floras
Author: David BramwellPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139497804
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 539
Book Description
Oceanic islands offer biologists unparalleled opportunities to study evolutionary processes and ecological phenomena. However, human activity threatens to alter or destroy many of these fragile ecosystems, with recent estimates suggesting that nearly half of the world's insular endemics are threatened with extinction. Bringing together researchers from around the world, this book illustrates how modern research methods and new concepts have challenged accepted theories and changed our understanding of island flora. Particular attention is given to the impact of molecular studies and the insights that they provide into topics such as colonisation, radiation, diversification and hybridisation. Examples are drawn from around the world, including the Hawaiian archipelago, Galapagos Islands, Madagascar and the Macronesian region. Conservation issues are also highlighted, with coverage of alien species and the role of ex situ conservation providing valuable information that will aid the formulation of management strategies and genetic rescue programmes.
The Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature
Author: Invasion of Woody Legumes
Author: O.W. Van AukenPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461471990
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
Includes our current knowledge of the invasion or encroachment and cause of population growth and spread of some dry land, arid zone woody legumes. Community structure, population growth, and competition of these woody legumes will also be examined. These species and ecosystems are both extensive and dynamic. They occur worldwide, but mainly in the arid zones of the tropics and sub-tropics. The cause of the growth and spread of these species and communities has long been claimed to be caused by distal factors rather than proximal ones. However, these species appear to be influenced and perhaps controlled by anthropogenic factors, specifically grazing and fire or lack of fire. Their overall worldwide distribution has probably changed little in the recent past, but their populations have expanded into grasslands and their density has increased in many places. Some associated communities have shown dramatic changes in response to recent large-scale droughts and the loss of most of the dominant overstory species. However, changes in the woody legume communities and their species are generally unknown.
AcaciaSearch
Author: Bruce Roger MaslinPublisher:
ISBN: 9780642585851
Category : Acacia
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Bibliography of Agriculture
Author: Selected Tree Species for Forest Plantations in Peninsular Malaysia
Author: Ahmad Zuhaidi YahyaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest genetics
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Grasses of the Trans-Pecos and Adjacent Areas
Author: A. Michael PowellPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292765535
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
A work that describes 1231 species of woody plants with 1240 illustrations.
Agriculture Handbook
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 908
Book Description
Set includes revised editions of some issues.
Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Texas
Author: Stephan L. HatchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description