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Plant and animal endemism in California / Susan Harrison.
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harrison, Susan (Susan Patricia)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Endemic plants--California.
- Endemic plants.
- Endemic animals--California.
- Endemic animals.
- Endemic plants--Ecology--California.
- Endemic animals--Ecology--California.
- Endemic plants--Conservation--California.
- Endemic animals--Conservation--California.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780520954731
- 0520954734
- OCLC:
- 839301764
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