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UNINA9910778076503321 |
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Webster Grady L (Grady Linder), <1927-> |
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Plant diversity of an Andean cloud forest [[electronic resource] ] : checklist of the vascular flora of Maquipucuna, Ecuador / / Grady L. Webster and Robert M. Rhode |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-35620-8 |
9786612356209 |
0-520-91593-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (253 p.) |
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Collana |
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University of California publications. Botany ; ; v. 82 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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RhodeRobert M <1961-> (Robert Martin) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Botany - Ecuador - Bosque Protector Maquipucuna Region |
Bosque Protector Maquipucuna (Ecuador) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abstract -- Resumen -- Introduction -- Climate and topography -- Vegetation -- Floristics of ecuadorian cloud forests -- Analysis of the vascular flora of maquipucuna -- Relationships with other floras -- Conservational status of the maquipucuna cloud forests -- Circumscription of the region covered by the inventory -- Enumeration of taxa -- Appendix A. Dominant or conspicuous taxa of secondary and roadside vegetation in the Maquipucuna region, between 11 50 and 1500 m -- Appendix B. Dominant or abundant taxa of primary cloud forest (lower montane forest), 1700-2000 m -- Appendix C. Dominant or abundant taxa of upper montane forest, 21 00-2750 m -- Appendix D. Dominant and conspicuous taxa in riparian vegetation, 1 125-2000 m -- Appendix E. Distribution of epiphytes in the Maquipucuna vascular flora -- Literature Cited -- Plates |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Based on work spanning a decade, this study of the Maquipucuna area on the western slopes of the Andes discusses the climate, vegetation, ecological relationships, and flora, and emphasizes the importance of the Maquipucuna area as a biological reserve. In addition to the checklist of the flora, which enumerates 1,650 species (including 228 |
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