Flora of the Cretan Area
Flora of the Cretan Area

Author: Robert Ralph

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13:

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"Crete, Karpathos and the nearby Islands in the South Aegean region have a rich and varied flora with approximately 1750 species, including a significant proportion of endemics. This checklist is the first work to provide, in a single volume, detailed information on all these vascular plants. In addition, and also for the first time, most of the taxa ae mapped."--Publisher description

Atlas of terrestrial mammals of the Ionian and Aegean islands
Atlas of terrestrial mammals of the Ionian and Aegean islands

Author: Marco Masseti

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2012-10-30

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 3110254581

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The goal of this book is to foster better knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Mediterranean islands. The atlas presents the current state of knowledge of the past and present distribution of the non-flying terrestrial mammals of the Ionian and Aegean islands. It provides a distribution map for each species with extensive references and a description of all the mammalian taxa. The book also focuses on the important role of human beings in the redefinition of the insular ecological equilibrium, as well as on the environmental impact of biological invasions. The protection and study of this fauna can provide an opportunity for testing a range of different evolutionary theories.

Atlas of the Hellenic Flora, Three Volume Set
Atlas of the Hellenic Flora, Three Volume Set

Author: Arne Strid

Publisher:

Published: 2024

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789925351701

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Botany, like other branches of western science, has its roots in ancient Greece, with Theophrastos of Eressos (372-287 B.C.) generally considered to have been the first botanist. Modern botanical studies in the area started with the travels of John Sibthorp and Ferdinand Bauer in 1786-1787, the results of which were subsequently published in the great Flora Graeca Sibthorpiana, appearing in ten heavy folio volumes in the period 1806-1840. An annotated re-issue was prepared by Strid%Strid (2009-2013). For a brief history of the botanical exploration of Greece from the time of Sibthorp to the present, see Strid (2020a). The present Atlas covers the whole of Greece. Maps have been generated from the Flora Hellenica Database which was started in 1989 and now comprises 1,052,338 geo-referenced records, 436,353 of which have been registered by the present author. Records in the database comprise 502,882 herbarium collections and 321,759 literature reports, the rest being field notes, photographs, etc. This Atlas will provide a baseline for future studies of Greek biodiversity.