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Plant Conservation and Biodiversity

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  1. David L. Hawksworth
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  2. Alan T. Bull
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  • Draws together a wide range of peer-reviewed primary research papers from biodiversity researchers around the world
  • Provides examples from a wide spectrum of issues representing the current state-of-the art in arthropods
  • Provides examples of recent work, usable as case studies for courses in ecology, restoration, biodiversity, conservation
  • Enables specialist researchers to see primary research papers tackling problems in arthropods

Part of the book series: Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation (TOBC, volume 6)

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VII
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  2. Floristic and structural changes related to opportunistic soil tilling and pasture planting in grassland communities of the Flooding Pampa

    • C. M. Ghersa, S. B. Perelman, S. E. Burkart, R. J. C. León
    Pages 1-18

  3. Decreased frugivory and seed germination rate do not reduce seedling recruitment rates of Aristotelia chilensis in a fragmented forest

    • Carlos E. Valdivia, Javier A. Simonetti
    Pages 19-28

  4. Vascular plant diversity and climate change in the alpine zone of the Lefka Ori, Crete

    • G. Kazakis, D. Ghosn, I. N. Vogiatzakis, V. P. Papanastasis
    Pages 29-41

  5. RAPD variation among North Vietnamese Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) Kuntze ex Merr. accessions

    • Bettina Heider, Meike S. Andersson, Rainer Schultze-Kraft
    Pages 43-57

  6. Non-timber forest product harvesting in alien-dominated forests: effects of frond-harvest and rainfall on the demography of two native Hawaiian ferns

    • Tamara Ticktin, Hō‘ala Fraiola, A. Nāmaka Whitehead
    Pages 59-77

  7. Tequila and other Agave spirits from west-central Mexico: current germplasm diversity, conservation and origin

    • Patricia Colunga-GarcíaMarín, Daniel Zizumbo-Villarreal
    Pages 79-93

  8. Spatial patterns of dicot diversity in Argentina

    • Alejandra Juárez, Pablo Ortega-Baes, Silvia Sühring, Walter Martin, Guadalupe Galíndez
    Pages 95-103

  9. Unsustainable collection and unfair trade? Uncovering and assessing assumptions regarding Central Himalayan medicinal plant conservation

    • Helle Overgaard Larsen, Carsten Smith Olsen
    Pages 105-123

  10. Woody plant species richness in the Turvo State park, a large remnant of deciduous Atlantic forest, Brazil

    • Ademir R. Ruschel, Rubens O. Nodari, Bruno M. Moerschbacher
    Pages 125-140

  11. Genetic diversity assessment in Somali sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) accessions using microsatellite markers

    • Marco Manzelli, Luca Pileri, Nadia Lacerenza, Stefano Benedettelli, Vincenzo Vecchio
    Pages 141-156

  12. Demand for rubber is causing the loss of high diversity rain forest in SW China

    • Hongmei Li, T. Mitchell Aide, Youxin Ma, Wenjun Liu, Min Cao
    Pages 157-171

  13. Comparing conservation priorities for useful plants among botanists and Tibetan doctors

    • Wayne Law, Jan Salick
    Pages 173-185

  14. Environmental heterogeneity and disturbance by humans control much of the tree species diversity of Atlantic montane forest fragments in SE Brazil

    • José Aldo A. Pereira, Ary T. Oliveira-Filho, José P. Lemos-Filho
    Pages 187-210

  15. Correspondence between scientific and traditional ecological knowledge: rain forest classification by the non-indigenous ribereños in Peruvian Amazonia

    • K. J. Halme, R. E. Bodmer
    Pages 211-227

  16. Species richness, endemism and conservation of Mexican gymnosperms

    • Raúl Contreras-Medina, Isolda Luna-Vega
    Pages 229-247

  17. Impacts of El Niño related drought and forest fires on sun bear fruit resources in lowland dipterocarp forest of East Borneo

    • G. M. Fredriksson, L. S. Danielsen, J. E. Swenson
    Pages 249-264

  18. Pollinator shift and reproductive performance of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau endemic and endangered Swertia przewalskii (Gentianaceae)

    • Yuan-Wen Duan, Jian-Quan Liu
    Pages 265-276

  19. An analysis of altitudinal behavior of tree species in Subansiri district, Eastern Himalaya

    • Mukunda Dev Behera, Satya Prakash Singh Kushwaha
    Pages 277-291

  20. Distribution, diversity and environmental adaptation of highland papayas (Vasconcellea spp.) in tropical and subtropical America

    • X. Scheldeman, L. Willemen, G. Coppens d’Eeckenbrugge, E. Romeijn-Peeters, M. T. Restrepo, J. Romero Motoche et al.
    Pages 293-310
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Non-timber forest products (NTFP) hold economic and cultural signi?cance for millions of people across the globe. For instance, hundreds of millions of rural peoples currently derive a signi?cant portion of both their subsistence needs and cash income from gathered plant and animal products (Iqbal 1993; Vedeld et al. 2004). Thousands of wild NTFP are also harvested for local use in other cultural and religious activities, such as rituals, ceremonies and dances (e. g. FAO 1991). A growing body of literature has illustrated that NTFP harvest can have e- logical consequences at multiple ecological scales, and that demographic responses to harvest are heavily in?uenced by harvesting practices (see review by Ticktin 2004). However, although many NTFP are harvested from disturbed habitats and subject to multiple pressures (Cunningham 2001), few quantitative studies have addressed this issue. For example, a small number of studies have assessed the demographic effects of NTFP management practices in the context of browsing or grazing (Endress et al. 2004b; Ghimire et al. 2005), or human-induced ?re (Ticktin 2005). Nonetheless, the demographic consequences of NTFP harvest and mana- ment in the context of other disturbance factors, such as alien invasive species, have not been addressed to date.

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