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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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Autore: Webster Grady L (Grady Linder), <1927-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Plant diversity of an Andean cloud forest [[electronic resource] ] : checklist of the vascular flora of Maquipucuna, Ecuador / / Grady L. Webster and Robert M. Rhode Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2001
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
Disciplina: 581.9866/13
Soggetto topico: Botany - Ecuador - Bosque Protector Maquipucuna Region
Soggetto geografico: Bosque Protector Maquipucuna (Ecuador)
Soggetto non controllato: andes
biodiversity
botany
climate
cloud forest
conservation
ecology
ecuador
environment
environmentalism
epiphytes
flora
forest
habitat
life sciences
maquipucuna
mountains
natural sciences
natural world
nature preserve
nature
nonfiction
orchids
plant diversity
plant sciences
plant species
plants
pteridophytes
rainforest
science
wilderness
yumbos
Classificazione: WI 9240
Altri autori: RhodeRobert M <1961-> (Robert Martin)  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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 species of pteridophytes and over 200 species of orchids), appendices give information on floristic composition of communities, distribution of epiphytes, and elevational ranges of families and genera. The illustrations include a map, landscapes, and characteristic species.
Titolo autorizzato: Plant diversity of an Andean cloud forest  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-35620-8
9786612356209
0-520-91593-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910778076503321
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Serie: University of California publications in botany ; ; v. 82.