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This manuscript was prepared during the Great Southern Biodiversity Colloquium held at Albany in February 2016 funded by the University of Western Australia Centre for Excellence in Natural Resource Management and the Great Southern Development Commission.

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  1. Institut für Biowissenschaften, Allgemeine und Spezielle Botanik, Universität Rostock, Wismarsche Str. 8, 18051, Rostock, Germany

    Stefan Porembski

  2. Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil

    Fernando A. O. Silveira

  3. Natural Reserve System, University of California, Office of the President, 1111 Franklin Street, Oakland, CA, 94607, USA

    Peggy L. Fiedler

  4. School of Rural Development, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Apshinga Road, Tuljapur, Osmanabad Dt, 413 601, Guwahati, India

    Aparna Watve

  5. Missouri Botanical Garden, B.P. 3391, 101, Antananarivo, Madagascar

    Marina Rabarimanarivo

  6. African Centre of Excellence on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture, University Félix Houphouet Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

    Francois Kouame

  7. CENRM and School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia, Albany, WA, 6330, Australia

    Stephen D. Hopper

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Porembski, S., Silveira, F.A.O., Fiedler, P.L. et al. Worldwide destruction of inselbergs and related rock outcrops threatens a unique ecosystem. Biodivers Conserv 25, 2827–2830 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-016-1171-1

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