TY  - BOOK
AU  - Krupnick,Gary A.
AU  - Kress,W.John
TI  - Plant conservation: a natural history approach 
SN  - 0226455122
AV  - QK86 .P58 2005
U1  - 639.99 22
PY  - 2005///]
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Plant conservation
KW  - Plant diversity
N1  - 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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