THE VEGETATION OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA. 2 VOLS.

Volume I
1. Introduction to the Iberian Peninsula, General Features: Geography, Geology, Name, Brief History, Land Use and Conservation
2. Bioclimatology of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands
3. Dynamism in Vegetation. Vegetation Changes on a Short Time Scale
4. The Iberian Vascular Flora: Richness, Endemicity and Distribution Patterns
5. Biogeographic Units of the Iberian Peninsula and Baelaric Islands to District Level. A Concise Synopsis
6. The Lowlands and Midlands of Northwestern Atlantic Iberia
7. The High Mountain Area of Northwestern Spain: The Cantabrian Range, the Galician-Leonese Mountains and the Bierzo Trench
8. The Pyrenees
9. Trás-os-Montes and Beira Alta
10. The Duero Basin
11. The Iberian Ranges and Highlands
12. The Ebro Basin
13. The Sistema Central (Central Range)
14. The Coastal Levantine Area

Volume II
1. The Balearic Islands
2. Lusitania
3. La Mancha
4. Betic and Southwest Andalusia
5. The Arid Southeast
6. The Edaphism: Gypsum, Dolomite and Serpentine Flora and Vegetation
7. Aquatic and Wetland Vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula
8. Coastal Vegetation
9. The High Mountain Flora and Vegetation
10. Patterns of Vegetation Cover Shaping the Cultural Landscapes in the Iberian Peninsula
11. Alien Plants and their Influence on Vegetation
12. Biodiversity Conservation: Habitats and Plant Communities
13. The Plot-Based Databases of the Iberian Vegetation

With contributions by 70 Spanish and Portuguese flora and vegetation experts, this book offers an updated and comprehensive synthesis of the plant communities of the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands.
It is divided into two volumes, the first of which addresses the general history, geography, bioclimatology, flora, vegetation dynamics and biogeography of the area. It also provides a detailed description of the vegetation of 9 territorial sectors of the central and northern half of the area by selected regional experts. In the second volume, a first section describes the vegetation of the remaining 5 sectors, while a second section examines particular features of coasts, high mountains, aquatic environments, gypsum and dolomite areas, invasive plants, biodiversity and human-shaped landscapes. It is a valuable resource for scientists as all the basic information is offered for research documenting purposes, for conservationists as it is framed within the Habitat Directive typology, and for anyone interested in the terrestrial ecosystems of that part of the world.

Features
• Provides updated and rigorous information about the vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula
• Describes 14 regional sectors in which the peninsula and Balearic Islands have been divided
• Contains a special section about aquatic vegetation, gypsum and dolomite vegetation, coastal vegetation, mountain flora and vegetation, conservation issues, and alien flora

Author
Prof. Marinus Werger is familiar and has a high opinion of Prof. Javier Loidi's previous work. Loidi has already collaborated with Springer, writing several articles for journals such as Biodiversity and Conservation and Mycorrhiza.