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Inventorying the flora of the world : Status, needs, and problems
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Principles and practice of plant taxonomy
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Environmental History of Oceanic Islands : Natural and Human Impacts on the Vegetation of the Juan Fernández (Robinson Crusoe) Archipelago
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ISBN: 3030478718 303047870X Year: 2020 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,

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The Juan Fernández Archipelago is located in the Pacific Ocean west of Chile at 33° S latitude. Robinson Crusoe Island is 667 km from the continent and approximately four million years old; Alejandro Selkirk Island is an additional 181 km west and only one million years old. The natural impacts of subsidence and erosion have shaped the landscapes of these islands, resulting in progressive changes to their subtropical vegetation. The older island has undergone more substantial changes, due to both natural causes and human impacts. After the discovery of Robinson Crusoe Island in 1574, people began cutting down forests for lumber to construct boats and homes, for firewood, and to make room for pastures. Domesticated plants and animals were introduced, some of which have since become feral or invasive, causing damage to the local vegetation. The wealth of historical records on these activities provides a detailed chronicle of how human beings use their environment for survival in a new ecosystem. This book offers an excellent case study on the impacts that people can have on the resources of an oceanic island. .


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Plants of oceanic islands : evolution, biogeography, and conservation of the flora of the Juan Fernández (Robinson Crusoe) Archipelago
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ISBN: 1316841359 1316852962 131685051X 9781316852965 9781107180079 1107180074 9781316841358 Year: 2018 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Bringing together results from over 30 years of research on the Juan Fernández Archipelago off the coast of Chile, this book offers comprehensive coverage of the plants of these special islands. Despite its remote setting in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, the Juan Fernández Archipelago is in many ways an ideal place to ask and attempt to answer basic questions regarding the evolution of vascular plants in an oceanic island environment. By building upon a firm taxonomic base for the flora, a new level of understanding regarding evolution, biogeography, and conservation of the plants is presented. This book is an extensive investigation of the origin and evolution of the flora of an oceanic archipelago, and it serves as a valuable resource for researchers and scholars of island biology as well as for conservation biologists worldwide.


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Environmental History of Oceanic Islands : Natural and Human Impacts on the Vegetation of the Juan Fernández (Robinson Crusoe) Archipelago
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ISBN: 9783030478711 Year: 2020 Publisher: Cham Springer International Publishing

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The Juan Fernández Archipelago is located in the Pacific Ocean west of Chile at 33° S latitude. Robinson Crusoe Island is 667 km from the continent and approximately four million years old; Alejandro Selkirk Island is an additional 181 km west and only one million years old. The natural impacts of subsidence and erosion have shaped the landscapes of these islands, resulting in progressive changes to their subtropical vegetation. The older island has undergone more substantial changes, due to both natural causes and human impacts. After the discovery of Robinson Crusoe Island in 1574, people began cutting down forests for lumber to construct boats and homes, for firewood, and to make room for pastures. Domesticated plants and animals were introduced, some of which have since become feral or invasive, causing damage to the local vegetation. The wealth of historical records on these activities provides a detailed chronicle of how human beings use their environment for survival in a new ecosystem. This book offers an excellent case study on the impacts that people can have on the resources of an oceanic island. .


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Revision of the Genus Baltimora (Compositae, Heliantheae)
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Year: 1973 Publisher: Chicago Field Museum of Natural History

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Revision of Lagascea (Compositae, Heliantheae)
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Year: 1978 Publisher: Chicago Field Museum of Natural History

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Revision of Oparanthus (Compositae, Heliantheae, Coreopsidinae)
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