Biodiversity of Pantepui: The Pristine "Lost World" of the Neotropical Guiana Highlands

Biodiversity of Pantepui: The Pristine Lost World of the Neotropical Guiana Highlands provides the most updated and comprehensive knowledge on the biota, origin and evolution of the Pantepui biogeographical province. It synthesizes historical information and recent discoveries, covering the main biogeographic patterns, evolutionary trends and conservational efforts. Written by international experts on the biodiversity of this pristine land, this book explores the environmental and biogeographical factors, along with the characteristics that make Pantepui a unique natural laboratory to study the origin and evolution of neotropical biodiversity using only natural drivers. The book covers organisms living in this tepui, including vascular plants, invertebrates, birds, reptiles, and mammals, with later sections delving into the effects of global warming on Pantepui and current conservational efforts to combat these threats. This book will be an important resource for researchers, ecologists and conservationists who not only want to understand the biodiversity and history of this pristine land, but also help to help conserve and protect it from environmental and human damages. Addresses the biodiversity, history and efforts of the Pantepui provinceOffers a climactic and ecological history of the region since the Holocene epochDiscusses plant phylogeography, evolution and elevational plant diversity patternsLed by a team of editors whose expertise includes Pantepui paleoecology, neotropics, the Venezuelan Guiana and the Guiana Shield INDICE: 1. Physiographical and environmental diversity2. Holocene climatic and ecological history3. Protista: cyanobacteria, green algae, diatoms4. Bryophyta5. Vascular plant diversity and phytogeography6. Elevational plant diversity patterns7. Plant phylogeography and evolution8. Vegetation and ecosystems9. Invertebrates: insects, scorpions, crabs, snails, vertebrate parasites10. Amphibians and reptiles11. Birds12. Mammals13. Threats and conservation status14. Potential effects of global warming

• ISBN: 978-0-12-815591-2
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 366
• Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2019
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés