Plant Diversity and Complexity Patterns

Plant Diversity and Complexity Patterns
Author: Ib Friis
Publisher: Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab
Total Pages: 622
Release: 2005
Genre: Biocomplexity
ISBN: 9788773043042

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Plant Biodiversity and Genetic Resources

Plant Biodiversity and Genetic Resources
Author: Andreas W. Ebert
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 672
Release: 2021-06-18
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3036508945

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The papers included in this Special Issue address a variety of important aspects of plant biodiversity and genetic resources, including definitions, descriptions, and illustrations of different components and their value for food and nutrition security, breeding, and environmental services. Furthermore, comprehensive information is provided regarding conservation approaches and techniques for plant genetic resources, policy aspects, and results of biological, genetic, morphological, economic, social, and breeding-related research activities. The complexity and vulnerability of (plant) biodiversity and its inherent genetic resources, as an integral part of the contextual ecosystem and the human web of life, are clearly demonstrated in this Special Issue, and for several encountered problems and constraints, possible approaches or solutions are presented to overcome these.

Biogeography

Biogeography
Author: Eric Guilbert
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2022-01-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1789450608

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The recent progress in analytical methods, aided by bringing in a wide range of other disciplines, opens up the study to a broader field, which means that biogeography now goes far beyond a simple description of the distribution of living species on Earth. Originating with Alexander von Humboldt, biogeography is a discipline in which ecologists and evolutionists aim to understand the way that living species are organized in connection with their environments. Today, as we face major challenges such as global warming, massive species extinction and devastating pandemics, biogeography offers hypotheses and explanations that may help to provide solutions. This book presents as wide an overview as possible of the different fields that biogeography interacts with. Sixteen authors from all over the world offer different approaches based on their specific areas of knowledge and experience; thus, we intend to illustrate the vast number of diverse aspects covered by biogeography.