An Atlas of the World's Conifers: An Analysis of their Distribution, Biogeography, Diversity and Conservation Status

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BRILL, 2013 M11 11 - 524 páginas
A 2014 Choice Magazine "Outstanding Academic Title"

An Atlas of the World's Conifers is the first ever atlas of all known conifer species. It is based on locality information of ca. 37,000 collected herbarium specimens held in scientific institutions. As well as providing natural distribution maps for each species, Farjon and Filer give the reader comprehensive insight into the biogeography, diversity and conservation status of conifers on all continents, dispelling the widely held view that they are primarily a northern boreal plant group. Conifer diversity is analysed and presented with a taxonomic and geographic perspective. Distribution patterns are interpreted using the latest information on continental drift, dispersal and phylogeny. The entire dataset supporting the Atlas can be consulted and verified online. These data can also be used for further research and are an invaluable resource for anyone working on conifer systematics, biogeography or conservation.

An Atlas of the World’s Conifers indicates the known distribution of all conifers including an analysis of their biogeography, diversity and conservation status.

Also available from Brill is Aljos Farjon’s A Handbook of the World's Conifers, published in 2010 (ISBN 978 90 04 17718 5) which is a 2017 Choice Magazine "Outstanding Academic Title".
 

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Introduction
1
Creating the Atlas of the Worlds Conifers
3
Global and TransContinental Distributions
11
North America
34
Mexico Central America and the West Indies
90
Europe and the Mediterranean
139
Mainland Asia and Japan
171
Malesia
293
Australasia
339
South America
428
Africa
458
Examples of Further Research
474
References
489
Tables and Indices
494
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