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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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