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Biodiversity Research in Botany

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Progress in Botany

Part of the book series: Progress in Botany ((BOTANY,volume 61))

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During the past 10 years, biodiversity has become a focal point of different natural and social sciences. In particular, it has gained importance within both modern systematics/taxonomy and molecular biology and has led to the development of many links with nonbiological sciences. This chapter on biodiversity research in botany covers the period from 1994 to the beginning of 1999; however, works preceding this period are mentioned if necessary. The preoccupation with biological diversity was closely related to the evolutionary journey of human beings over millions of years. The usage of the earth’s natural resources dates back to beginning of human traditions from forest primates to hunter/gatherers to present-day mega-city dwellers. There is therefore a long-term tradition of man-biodiversity interactions from prehumans over Aristotle and to 18th century naturalists such as Darwin, Humboldt, and Wallace up to modern molecular biology. In our century it was only after World War II that nature’s diversity in the sense of species richness stimulated ecologists to develop indices and methods for measuring diversity (e.g., Simpson 1949; Margalef 1951; Whittaker 1972) in order to describe communities more accurately. The term biodiversity itself was coined in 1986 on the occasion of the National Forum on BioDiversity, held in Washinton, D.C.

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