Plant Diversity of an Andean Cloud Forest - Inventory of the Vascular Flora of Maquipucuna, Ecuador

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

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• Authors: Robert Rhode, Robert M. Rhode, Rhode Robert, Grady L. Webster, Grady L. Rhode Webster, Webster Grady L.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.04.2001
• EAN: 9780520098305
• ISBN: 978-0-520-09830-5
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: University of California Publi; UC Publications in Botany; UC Publications in Botany
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, Ecuador, Plant Ecology, Botany and plant sciences