Plant Conservation and Biodiversity (Hardcover, 2007 ed.)

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 and so work on them can be a model for that on less known organism groups. Further, plants are crucial to ecosystem processes, and provide habitats and food for myriads of dependent organisms. At the same time, plants are exploited for food and fuel by humans, and forests continue to be felled for the timber trade or to provide more grazing for cattle. As individual plants are not mobile, they are also particularly vulnerable to global climate change. The contributions are drawn from a wide range of countries from different continents, and collectively provide a snap-shot of the types of studies and actions being taken in plant conservation ? topical examples that will make the volume especially valuable for use in conservation biology courses.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation, 6
Release date:	July 2007
First published:	2007
Editors:	David L. Hawksworth • Alan T. Bull
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	421
Edition:	2007 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-6443-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > General
LSN:	1-4020-6443-8
Barcode:	9781402064432

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