The Top 50 Mediterranean Island Plants

The Top 50 Mediterranean Island Plants
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Publisher : IUCN
Total Pages : 128
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ISBN-10 : 283170832X
ISBN-13 : 9782831708324
Rating : 4/5 (324 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Top 50 Mediterranean Island Plants by : Bertrand de Montmollin

Download or read book The Top 50 Mediterranean Island Plants written by Bertrand de Montmollin and published by IUCN. This book was released on 2005 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The flora of the Mediterranean islands includes many rare and localized species unique to the islands. Some of these are particularly threatened with extinction due to various pressures caused by people and their activities in Mediterranean ecosystems. It includes 50 descriptive sheets of species which are especially threatened, based on the IUCN Red List criteria. Each sheet gives a description of the species with illustrations and maps, emphasizing the threats to the species, existing conservation measures and additional measures needed for their conservation. Aimed at the layman, the text is easily accessible to the non-botanist.


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