Author: Publisher:
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Category : Bog plants
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Studies in Montane Bogs of Haleakala National Park
Author: Vegetation of the Tropical Pacific Islands
Author: Dieter Mueller-DomboisPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1441986863
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 905
Book Description
Written by the leading authorities on the plant diversity and ecology of the Pacific islands, this book is a magisterial synthesis of the vegetation and landscapes of the islands of the Pacific Ocean. It is organized by island group, and includes information on geography, geology, phytogeographic relationships, and human influences on vegetation. Vegetation of the Tropical Pacific Islands features over 400 color photographs, plus dozens of maps and climate diagrams. The authors’ efforts in assembling the existing information into an integrated, comprehensive book will be welcomed by biogeographers, plant ecologists, conservation biologists, and all scientists with an interest in island biology.
Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Haleakala National Park
Author: A. C. MedeirosPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Angiosperms
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Recovery Plan for the Maui Plant Cluster (Hawaii).
Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Region 1Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Endangered plants
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Tropical Montane Cloud Forests
Author: Lawrence S. HamiltonPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461225000
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Until relatively recently the valuable tropical montane cloud forests (hereaf ter usually referred to as TMCFs) of the world had scarcely come under the assaults experienced by the downslope montane and lowland forests. TMCFs are not hospitable environments for human occupation, and their remoteness (except in places near Andean high mountain settlements and in the Ethiopian Highlands) and difficult terrain have given them de facto protection. The ad jacent upper montane rain forests have indeed been under assault for timber, fuelwood, and for conversion to grazing and agriculture for many decades, even centuries in the Andes, but true cloud forest has only come under ex ploitation as these lower elevational resources have disappeared. They have also been "nibbled" at from above where there have been alpine grasslands under grazing pressure. Increasingly now, however, these cloud forest eco systems are being fragmented, reduced, and disturbed at an alarming rate. It is now becoming recognized that steps must be taken rapidly to increase our understanding of TMCF and to achieve their conservation, because: their water-capture function is extremely important to society; • their species endemism is high; they serve as refugia for endangered species being marginalized in these environments by increasingly transformed lower elevation ecosystems; they are relatively little studied; yet, their value to science is extremely high; they have low resilience to disturbance; vii viii Preface and many other reasons, which will be discussed subsequently in this publi cation.
North American Terrestrial Vegetation
Author: Michael G. BarbourPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521559867
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
This second edition provides extensively expanded coverage of North American vegetation from arctic tundra to tropical forests.
Status and Trends of the Nation's Biological Resources
Author: Status and Trends of the Nation's Biological Resources
Author: Catherine E. Puckett HaeckerPublisher:
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Category : Biodiversity
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Federal Register
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Category : Delegated legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Hawaiian Plant Life
Author: Robert J. GustafsonPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824846699
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Hawaiian Plant Life has been written with both the layperson and professional interested in Hawai‘i’s natural history and flora in mind. In addition to significant text describing landforms and vegetation, the evolution of Hawaiian flora, and the conservation of native species, the book includes almost 875 color photographs illustrating nearly two-thirds of native Hawaiian plant species as well as a concise description of each genus and species shown. The work can be used either as a stand-alone reference or as a companion to the two-volume Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai‘i. Learning more about threatened and endangered plants is essential to conserving them, and there is no more endangered flora in the world today than that of the Hawaiian Islands. Striking species complexes such as the silverswords and the remarkable lobeliads represent unique stories of adaptive radiation that make the Hawai‘i a living laboratory for evolution. Public appreciation for Hawaiian biodiversity requires outreach and education that will determine the future conservation of this rich heritage, and Hawaiian Plant Life has been designed to help fill that need.