Endemism in Vascular Plants

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hobohm, Carsten (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Plant and Vegetation, 9
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biodiversity.; Landscape ecology.; Plant ecology.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Nature conservation.; Life Sciences.; Landscape Ecology.; Plant Ecology.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Nature Conservation.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.

The book about Endemism in Vascular Plants 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 int...

Table of Contents:

• Part I. The Meaning of Endemism
• 1. The Increasing Importance of Endemism: Responsibility, the Media and Education
• 2. How to Quantify Endemism
• Part II. Endemic Vascular Plants over Time
• 3. Factors that Create and Increase Endemism
• 4. Factors that Threaten and Reduce Endemism
• Part III. Endemic Vascular Plants in Space
• 5. Biogeography of Endemic Vascular Plants – Overview
• 6. Endemism on Islands - Case Studies
• 7. Endemism in Mainland Regions - Case Studies
• Part IV. Endemism in Vascular Plants – Synthesis
• Appendix
• Glossary.