TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rull,Valentí
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Origin and Evolution of Caribbean Mangroves: A Time-Continuum Ecological Approach 
T2  - Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis,
SN  - 9783031576126
AV  - QE720-720.2 
U1  - 560.45 23
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer Nature Switzerland, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Paleoecology
KW  - Biotic communities
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Conservation biology
KW  - Ecology 
KW  - Plants
KW  - Evolution
KW  - Plant ecology
KW  - Ecosystems
KW  - Conservation Biology
KW  - Plant Evolution
KW  - Plant Ecology
N1  - Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Caribbean Mangroves Today -- Chapter 3. Eocene Origin -- Chapter 4. Oligocene Revolution -- Chapter 5. Neogene Diversification -- Chapter 6. The Pelliciera Taxon Cycle: a Time-Continuum Integrative Synthesis -- Chapter 7. Quaternary Shifts and Anthropization -- Chapter 8. Rise and Fall: Summary and Conservation Insights
N2  - This book provides a comprehensive, detailed, and coherent spatio-temporal account of Caribbean mangrove evolution from its evolutionary origins to the present that is not available for any mangrove region in the world. Mangroves are intertidal wetland forests that play a crucial role in the maintenance of terrestrial and marine biodiversity, and in the functioning of global biogeochemical cycles (especially the carbon cycle). These ecosystems dominate the tropical/subtropical coasts of all continents and are among the most threatened ecosystems in the world. This book combines all temporal scales, from the geological to the ecological, to provide an integrated picture of mangrove history and the natural and anthropogenic drivers of ecological and evolutionary change. This may be useful not only for understanding the current ecological status of these emblematic ecosystems, but also for informing their conservation in the face of ongoing global change.
UR  - http://libcon.rec.uabc.mx:2048/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57612-6
ER  -