The flora and vegetation of Open Bay Islands

Flora and Vegetation of Afghanistan

Afghanistan is a very mountainous country. It offers a big variety of ecological conditions, this means a big variety of vegetation types is covering land surface. These vegetation types are consisting of a high biodiversity, since the floristic influence from various neighbour regions is a considerable factor in floristic and vegetation pattern. On the other hand, Afghanistan is a very dry cou...

The Flora and Vegetation of Swains Island

Swains I s l a n d i s an i s o l a t e d a t o l l l y i n g about 270 km n o r t h of Samoa. Although g e o g r a p h i c a l l y and f l o r i s t i c a l l y a p a r t of t h e Tokelau I s l a n d s 160 km t o t h e n o r t h w e s t , i t be longs p o l i t i c a l l y t o t h e T e r r i t o r y o f American Samoa. The i s l a n d l i e s a t a l a t i t u d e of 11°03 ' S and a l o n g i...

The Flora of the Aran Islands

The floristic results are presented of a number of expeditions to the Aran Islands made during the years 1969-1976 by the author and by Professor Moore, Mr. White and other members of the Botany Department of University College, Dublin, and a few other helpers. They are critically compared with the results obtained by nineteenth-century explorers of the islands; the numerous discrepancies are a...

The Flora of the Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands

The Maltese Islands: Climate, Vegetation and Landscape

The Maltese Islands, situated in the central Mediterranean, occupy an area of only some 316 km. The climate is typically Mediterranean: the average annual rainfall is c.530mm of which some 85% falls during the period October to March; the mean monthly temperature range is 12-26°C, and the islands are very windy and sunny. Although small, the Maltese Islands have a considerable diversity of land...