The Vegetation of the Maltese Islands

The Vegetation of the Maltese Islands
Author: Salvatore Brullo
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2020-01-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030345254

This book discusses the remarkable plant diversity of the Maltese Archipelago. Despite its relatively small area and long-term human exploitation, many different plant communities occur in this territory. The book presents phytosociological investigations, together with taxonomical studies, which have been conducted over more than forty years, highlighting the unique features of this central Mediterranean insular ecosystem. It also describes the phytosociological role played by several narrow endemic or phytogeographically relevant taxa and introduces many phytocoenoses exclusively growing in the archipelago. The study integrates the palaeogeographic issues linked to the ancient and intriguing history of the different civilizations that succeeded on the islands for thousands of years. The book also focuses on the N2000 habitats.

Wild flowers of the Maltese Islands

Wild flowers of the Maltese Islands
Author: Edwin Lanfranco
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre:
ISBN: 9789995746599

The Maltese Islands are host to over 1000 species of wild flowering plants. Of these, over 800 are native, the rest being introduced, intentionally or accidentally, as a result of human intervention and running wild. This book illustrates nearly 300 of these species and describes many others. Users should be able to identify a significant number of plants they meet.

Landscapes and Landforms of the Maltese Islands

Landscapes and Landforms of the Maltese Islands
Author: Ritienne Gauci
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2019-08-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030154564

This edited volume brings together a collection of works that comprehensively address both the myriad geomorphological landscapes of the Maltese Islands and how their evolution has been shaped over various time-scales by different sets of processes. Additionally, the work highlights how the small geographical setting of the Maltese Islands helped to closely connect these landscapes with Maltese society and as a result, they have evolved from stand-alone examples of geomorphology to important backdrops of Maltese cultural identity. Most of the contributing authors are academics – both local and foreign – with a research focus on the geomorphology of the Maltese Islands. However, the editors have also (and purposefully) chosen other contributors from governmental institutions and research agencies, who complement the geomorphological research with their proactive work in selected case studies on Maltese landscapes.