Endemism in Vascular Plants

✍ Scribed by Carsten Hobohm, Caroline M. Tucker (auth.), Carsten Hobohm (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 354
• Series: Plant and Vegetation 9
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The book is the first comprehensive analysis of the macroecology and geobotany of endemic vascular plants with case-studies and analyses from different regions in the world. Endemism is a pre-extinction phenomenon. Endemics are threatened with extinction. Due to international nature conservation policies and due to the perception of the public the concept’s importance is increasing. Endemism can result from different biological and environmental processes. Depending on the process conservation measures should be adapted. Endemic vascular plant taxa, in the setting of their species composition and vegetation types are important features of landscapes and indicators of the quality of relating habitats. The book is an important basis for biologists, ecologists, geographers, planners and managers of nature reserves and national parks, and people generally interested in nature conservation and biogeography of vascular plants.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Increasing Importance of Endemism : Responsibility, the Media and Education....Pages 3-9
How to Quantify Endemism....Pages 11-48
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Factors That Create and Increase Endemism....Pages 51-68
Factors That Threaten and Reduce Endemism....Pages 69-81
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Biogeography of Endemic Vascular Plants – Overview....Pages 85-163
Endemism on Islands – Case Studies....Pages 165-204
Endemism in Mainland Regions – Case Studies....Pages 205-308
Front Matter....Pages 309-309
Synthesis....Pages 311-321
Back Matter....Pages 323-348

✦ Subjects

Biodiversity; Landscape Ecology; Plant Ecology; Conservation Biology/Ecology; Nature Conservation; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis