Author:
Farjon, Aljos.
Imprint:Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2008.
Description304 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Note:Foreword / William G. Chaloner -- Preface -- [pt. 1]. Introduction to conifers -- 1. What are conifers? -- 2. The image problem with Christmas trees and hedges -- 3. Diversity upheld against the odds -- 4. Will we know all of them? -- [pt. 2]. The systematics of conifers -- 5. Who is related to whom? -- 6. The fragmented tree of life, of phylogeny without a past -- 7. More genera, fewer species -- 8. The winnowing task of the monographer -- 9. A classification attempted once again -- [pt. 3]. Conifers of the past -- 10. All or nothing about ancestors -- 11. The earliest conifers -- 12. Conifer heyday : the age of conifers -- 13. Decline to the present[pt. 4]. The ecology of conifers -- 14. Conquering armies and vast empires -- 15. The fortresses of poverty -- 16. Outlive your neighbour and take his property -- 17. Imitating the almighty angiosperms -- 18. Facing the enemy -- 19. Climbing the giants -- [pt. 5]. Conifer geography -- 20. A coniferous island in the tropics -- 21. Riding the continents -- 22. The success of dispersal -- 23. Relics to be discovered -- 24. Encircling the great eternal ocean -- [pt. 6]. Conifers and people -- 25. The woods of the world and their uses -- 26. Clothing my estate -- 27. Conifers in and out of fashion -- 28. The other uses of conifers -- [pt. 7]. Conifers and conservation -- 29. Extinction is forever -- 30. Why conifers in nature are important -- 31. A pine in a cage -- 32. The conifers that grow on nickel -- 33. Numbers and dots : evaluation of threats to species -- 34. Invasions -- Appendix : A classification of extant conifer families to the genus level -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-296) and index.
