Plant conservation : a natural history approach / edited by Gary A. Krupnick and W. John Kress ; with a foreword by Daniel H. Janzen.

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Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
Other Authors:
Krupnick, Gary A.
Kress, W. John
Subjects:
Plant conservation.
Plant diversity.
Format: Book
Plant conservation : a natural history approach /

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245 0 0 |a Plant conservation :  |b a natural history approach /  |c edited by Gary A. Krupnick and W. John Kress ; with a foreword by Daniel H. Janzen. 
260 |a Chicago :  |b University of Chicago Press,  |c 2005. 
300 |a xviii, 346 p. :  |b ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 0 |t Foreword /  |r Daniel H. Janzen --  |g Ch. 1.  |t Evolution of land plant diversity : major innovations and lineages through time /  |r William A. DiMichele and Richard M. Bateman --  |g Ch. 2.  |t Diversity and distribution of plants --  |t Terrestrial plant diversity /  |r Jens Mutke, Gerold Kier, Gary A. Krupnick and Wilhelm Barthlott --  |t Marine plant diversity /  |r Walter H. Adey --  |g Ch. 3.  |t Plant extinctions --  |t A paleontological perspective on plant extinctions /  |r Scott Wing --  |t Current plant extinctions : chiaroscuro in shades of green /  |r Bruce A. Stein and Warren L. Wagner --  |g Ch. 4.  |t Case studies in select tropical and subtropical habitats --  |t The Ecuadorian Andes /  |r John L. Clark --  |t The Ramal de Guaramacal in the Venezuelan Andes /  |r Laurence J. Dorr, Basil Stergios and S. Miguel Niño --  |t The Guiana shield /  |r Vicki A. Funk and Paul E. Berry --  |t Pacific oceanic islands /  |r Warren L. Wagner, Denise Mix and Jonathan Price --  |t The Gaoligong Mountains of Southwest China and Northeast Myanmar /  |r Ai-Zhong Liu and W. John Kress --  |g Ch. 5.  |t Case studies among select taxonomic groups --  |t Dinoflagellates : phylum Dinoflagellata /  |r Maria A. Faust --  |t Lichens : phylum Ascomycota /  |r Rebecca Yahr and Paula T. DePriest --  |t Mosses : phylum Bryophyta /  |r Harold E. Robinson --  |t Grasses : family Poaceae /  |r Paul M. Peterson --  |t Day flowers : family Commelinaceae /  |r Robert B. Faden --  |t Acanthus : family Acanthaceae /  |r Dieter C. Wasshausen --  |t Daisies and sunflowers : family Asteraceae /  |r Vicki A. Funk and Harold E. Robinson --  |t African violets : family Gesneriaceae /  |r Laurence E. Skog --  |t Litchis and rambutans : family Sapindaceae /  |r Pedro Acevedo-Rodríguez --  |g Ch. 6.  |t Habitat fragmentation and degradation --  |t Forest fragments and tropical plant reproduction in Amazonian Brazil /  |r Emilio M. Bruna and W. John Kress --  |t Habitat alteration in the Caribbean : natural and human-induced /  |r W. John Kress and Carol Horvitz --  |t Habitat loss : the extreme case of Madagascar /  |r Dieter C. Wasshausen and Werner Rauh --  |t Degradation of algae in coral reefs /  |r Walter H. Adey --  |t Alteration of kelp communities in the northwestern North Atlantic /  |r Walter H. Adey and James N. Norris --  |g Ch. 7.  |t Invasive species /  |r Jessica Poulin, Ann Sakai, Stephen Weller and Warren L. Wagner --  |g Ch. 8.  |t Global climate change : the spring temperate flora /  |r Paul M. Peterson, Stanwyn G. Shetler, Mones S. Abu-Asab and Sylvia S. Orli --  |g Ch. 9.  |t Genetic consequences of reduced diversity : heterozygosity loss, inbreeding depression, and effective population size /  |r Paul M. Peterson and Carrie L. McCracken --  |g Ch. 10.  |t Mapping biological diversity --  |t Herbarium collections, floras, and checklists /  |r W. John Kress and Vicki A. Funk --  |t Hot spots and ecoregions /  |r Gary A. Krupnick --  |t Phylogenetic considerations /  |r M. Alejandra Jaramillo and Vicki A. Funk --  |g Ch. 11.  |t Assessing conservation status --  |t Genetic assessment methods for plant conservation biology /  |r Elizabeth A. Zimmer --  |t Species assessment : the IUCN red list /  |r Gary A. Krupnick --  |t Community assessment : rapid assessment teams /  |r William S. Alverson --  |g Ch. 12.  |t Management strategies --  |t Ex situ conservation of plants /  |r Stephen Blackmore --  |t A proposed sustainable coral-reef management model /  |r Mark M. Littler and Diane S. Littler --  |t Application of a seagrass management model /  |r Mark M. Littler and Diane S. Littler --  |g Ch. 13.  |t Laws and treaties : is the Convention on Biological Diversity protecting plant diversity? /  |r Kerry ten Kate and W. John Kress --  |g Ch. 14.  |t Grassroots conservation /  |r Stanwyn G. Shetler --  |t Conclusion : documenting and conserving plant diversity in the future /  |r W. John Kress and Gary A. Krupnick. 
650 0 |a Plant conservation. 
650 0 |a Plant diversity. 
700 1 |a Krupnick, Gary A. 
700 1 |a Kress, W. John. 
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