Plant Conservation and Biodiversity
This book brings together a selection of original studies submitted to Biodiversity and Conservation addressing aspects of the conservation and biodiversity of plants. Plants are, along with terrestrial vertebrates, the best known organisms on Earth, and
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TOPICS IN BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION Volume 6
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
Plant Conservation and Biodiversity
Edited by
David L. Hawksworth and Alan T. Bull
Reprinted from Biodiversity and Conservation, volume 16:6 (2007)
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A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the library of Congress.
ISBN 978-1-4020-6443-2 (HB) ISBN 978-1-4020-6444-9 (e-book)
Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. www.springer.com Cover Photo: Gustavia augusta L. (Lecythidaceae) a common riverside tree in Amazonia. Photographed at Lago Janauaca´, near Manaus, Amazonas Brazil in August 2006. This genus of the Brazil nut family was named by Linnaeus after King Gustav III of Sweden. The photograph was supplied by Professor Sir Ghillean Prance FRS, VMH.
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Contents
Plant Conservation and Biodiversity C. M. GHERSA, S. B. PERELMAN, S. E. BURKART and R. J. C. LEÓN / Floristic and structural changes related to opportunistic soil tilling and pasture planting in grassland communities of the Flooding Pampa CARLOS E. VALDIVIA and JAVIER A. SIMONETTI / Decreased frugivory and seed germination rate do not reduce seedling recruitment rates of Aristotelia chilensis in a fragmented forest G. KAZAKIS, D. GHOSN, I. N. VOGIATZAKIS and V. P. PAPANASTASIS / Vascular plant diversity and climate change in the alpine zone of the Lefka Ori, Crete BETTINA HEIDER, MEIKE S. ANDERSSON and RAINER SCHULTZE-KRAFT / RAPD variation among North Vietnamese Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) Kuntze ex Merr. accessions – – TAMARA TICKTIN, HO ‘ALA FRAIOLA and A. NAMAKA WHITEHEAD / Non-timber forest product harvesting in alien-dominated forests: effects of frond-harvest and rainfall on the demography of two native Hawaiian ferns PATRICIA COLUNGA-GARCÍAMARÍN and DANIEL ZIZUMBO-VILLARREAL / Tequila and other Agave spirits from west-central Mexico: current germplasm diversity, conservation and origin ALEJANDRA JUÁREZ, PABLO ORTEGA-BAES, SILVIA SÜHRING, WALTER MARTIN and GUADALUPE GALÍNDEZ / Spatial patterns of dicot diversity in Argentina HELLE OVERGAARD LARSEN and CARSTEN SMITH OLSEN / Unsustainable collection and unfair trade? Uncovering and assessing assumptions regarding Central Himalayan medicinal plant conservation ADEMIR R. RUSCHEL, RUBENS O. NODARI and BRUNO M. MOERSCHBACHER / Woody plant species richness in the Turvo State park, a large remnant of deciduous Atlantic forest, Brazil MARCO MANZELLI, LUCA PILERI, NADIA LACERENZA, STEFANO BENEDETTELLI and VINCENZO VECCHIO / Genetic diversity assessment in Somali
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