The Vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula. Vol. 1. 2017. (Plant and Vegetation, 12). 241 (204 col.) figs. XVIII, 676 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

This book provides a compact, up - to date and detailed overview of the vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula, a highly diverse part of Europe in the Mediterranean area. The volume includes a first section with general chapters discussing the climate, the biogeography and the flora, and a second section with detailed descriptions of the 14 regional sectors into which the peninsula and Balearic Islands have been divided. A third section explores special features. such as aquatic vegetation, gypsum and dolomite vegetations, coastal vegetation, mountain flora and vegetation conservation issues and alien flora. Volume 1 covers the following territories: The lowlands and Midlands of Northwestern Atlanic Iberia / The High Mountain Area of Northwestern Spain: The Cantabrian Range, The Galician - Leonese Mountains and the Bierzo Trench/ The Pyyrenees/ Tras-os-Montes and Beira Alta/ The Duero Basin/ The Iberan Rangdes and Highlands/ The Ebro Basin/ The Sistema Central (Central Range)/ The Coastal Levantine Area. - Volume 2 will cover: The Balearic Islands / Lusitania/ La Mancha/ Betic and Southwest Andalusia/ The Arid Southeast/ The Edaphism: Gypsum, Dolomite and Serpentine Flora and Vegetation/ Aquatic and Wetland Vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula/ Coastal Vegetation/ The High Mountain Flora and Vegetation/ Patterns of Vegetation Cover Shaping the Cultural Landscapes in the Iberian Peninsula/ Alien Plants and their Influence on Vegetation/ Biodiversity Conservation: Habitats and Plant Communities/ The Plot - Based Databases of the Iberian Vegetation.