This book tries to provide an updated and rigorous information about the vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula, an area of highest diversity in Europe and in the Mediterranean. The size and shape of the territory (a true peninsula) permits a treatment in a compact and coordinated way by a set of long experienced researchers. There are a section with general chapters including the climate, the general biogeography and the flora, a second section with the description of the 14 regional sectors in which the peninsula and Balearic Islands have been divided, and a third section with special features, such as aquatic vegetation, gypsum and dolomite vegetation, coastal vegetation, mountain flora and vegetation, conservation issues, alien flora, etc.
- ISBN: 978-3-319-54782-4
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 813
- Fecha Publicación: 20/06/2017
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés