Endemism in Vascular Plants

Part I. The Meaning of Endemism

1. The Increasing Importance of Endemism: Responsibility, the Media and Education
Carsten Hobohm, Caroline M. Tucker

2. How to Quantify Endemism
Carsten Hobohm, Caroline M. Tucker

Part II. Endemic Vascular Plants Over Time

3. Factors That Create and Increase Endemism
Ines Bruchmann, Carsten Hobohm

4. Factors That Threaten and Reduce Endemism
Carsten Hobohm, Ines Bruchmann

Part III. Endemic Vascular Plants in Space

5. Biogeography of Endemic Vascular Plants – Overview
Carsten Hobohm, Monika Janišová, Jan Jansen, Ines Bruchmann, Uwe Deppe

6. Endemism on Islands – Case Studies
Andrés Moreira-Muñoz, Sergio Elórtegui Francioli, Carsten Hobohm, Miguel Pinto Silva Menezes de Sequeira

7. Endemism in Mainland Regions – Case Studies
Sula E. Vanderplank, Andrés Moreira-Muñoz, Carsten Hobohm, Gerhard Pils, Jalil Noroozi, V. Ralph Clark, Nigel P. Barker, Wenjing Yang, Jihong Huang, Keping Ma, Cindy Q. Tang, Marinus J. A. Werger, Masahiko Ohsawa, Yongchuan Yang

Part IV. Endemism in Vascular Plants

8. Synthesis
Carsten Hobohm, Sula E. Vanderplank, Monika Janišová, Cindy Q. Tang, Gerhard Pils, Marinus J. A. Werger, Caroline M. Tucker, V. Ralph Clark, Nigel P. Barker, Keping Ma, Andrés Moreira-Muñoz, Uwe Deppe, Sergio Elórtegui Francioli, Jihong Huang, Jan Jansen, Masahiko Ohsawa, Jalil Noroozi, Miguel Pinto Silva Menezes de Sequeira, Ines Bruchmann, Wenjing Yang, Yongchuan Yang

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