Plant and animal endemism in California [[electronic resource] /] / Susan Harrison
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| Autore: |
Harrison Susan (Susan Patricia)
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| Titolo: |
Plant and animal endemism in California [[electronic resource] /] / Susan Harrison
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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 581.9794 |
| Soggetto topico: | Endemic plants - California |
| Endemic animals - California | |
| Endemic plants - Ecology - California | |
| Endemic animals - Ecology - California | |
| Endemic plants - Conservation - California | |
| Endemic animals - Conservation - California | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | adaptation |
| amphibians | |
| animal endemism | |
| arcto tertiary | |
| arctostaphylos | |
| biological diversity | |
| california | |
| complex geology | |
| conservation | |
| ecology | |
| endemic species | |
| endemism | |
| engaging | |
| environmental conservation protection | |
| environmentalism | |
| flora and fauna | |
| imperiled diversity | |
| mediterranean type climate | |
| modern barriers | |
| molecular evidence | |
| native species | |
| natural sciences | |
| nature | |
| plant and animal endemism in california | |
| plant endemism | |
| topography | |
| unique landscapes | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Biotic Uniqueness: An Overview -- 2. A Brief History of California -- 3. Plant Endemism in California: Patterns and Causes -- 4. Animal Endemism in California -- 5. Conservation Challenges in California's Endemic-Rich Landscape -- 6. Synthesis and Conclusions -- APPENDIX: Preliminary List of Plant Species Endemic to the California Floristic Province -- Literature Cited -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | California is globally renowned for its biological diversity, including its wealth of unique, or endemic, species. Many reasons have been cited to explain this abundance: the complex geology and topography of its landscape, the special powers of its Mediterranean-type climate, and the historic and modern barriers to the wider dispersal of its flora and fauna. Plant and Animal Endemism in California compiles and synthesizes a wealth of data on this singular subject, providing new and updated lists of native species, comparing patterns and causes of both plant and animal endemism, and interrogating the classic explanations proposed for the state's special significance in light of new molecular evidence. Susan Harrison also offers a summary of the innovative tools that have been developed and used in California to conserve and protect this stunning and imperiled diversity. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Plant and animal endemism in California |
| ISBN: | 0-520-95473-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910786241903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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