Fynbos ecology evolution and conservation of a megadiverse region 1st Edition by Anthony Verboom, Jonathan Colville, Nicky Allsopp ISBN 978-0191669118 0191669118

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ISBN 10:   0191669118 

ISBN 13: 978-0191669118

Author:   G. Anthony Verboom,  Jonathan F. Colville, Nicky Allsopp

South Africa’s fynbos region has intrigued biologists for centuries. It has achieved iconic status as a locus of megadiversity and therefore a place to study the ecological underpinnings of massive evolutionary radiations. Researchers have made great advances over the past two decades in unravelling the complexities of fynbos ecology and evolution, and the region has contributed significant insights into the adaptive radiations of large lineages, conservation science, pollination biology, invasive plant biology, and palaeoanthropology. Lessons from the fynbos offer much of value for understanding the origin, maintenance, and conservation of diversity anywhere in the world.

This book provides the first synthesis of the field for 20 years, bringing together the latest ecological and evolutionary research on the South African global biodiversity hotspots of the Greater Cape Floristic Region – the iconic fynbos and succulent karoo. It explores the historical and modern physical and biological environment of this region, the circumstances and processes which have fostered its remarkable biodiversity, and the role this diversity has played in the emergence of modern humans. It also discusses the challenges of contemporary management and conservation of the region’s biodiversity in the face of accelerating global change.

Table of contents: 

1 Vegetation types of the Greater Cape Floristic Region

Nicola G. Bergh, G. Anthony Verboom, Mathieu Rouget, and Richard M. Cowling

2 Landscapes, rock types, and climate of the Greater Cape Floristic Region

Peter L. Bradshaw and Richard M. Cowling

3 Drivers, ecology, and management of fire in fynbos

Tineke Kraaij and Brian W. van Wilgen

4 Floristic and faunal Cape biochoria: do they exist?

Jonathan F. Colville, Alastair J. Potts, Peter L. Bradshaw, G. John Measey, Dee Snijman, Mike D. Picker, Şerban Procheş, Rauri C. K. Bowie, and John C. Manning

5 Cenozoic assembly of the Greater Cape flora

G. Anthony Verboom, H. Peter Linder, Félix Forest, Vera Hoffmann, Nicola G. Bergh, and Richard M. Cowling

6 Speciation and extinction in the Greater Cape Floristic Region

Allan G. Ellis, G. Anthony Verboom, Timotheus van der Niet, Steven D. Johnson, and H. Peter Linder

7 The shifting landscape of genes since the Pliocene: terrestrial phylogeography in the Greater Cape Floristic Region

Krystal A. Tolley, Rauri C.K. Bowie, G. John Measey, Benjamin W. Price, and Félix Forest

8 Stone Age people in a changing South African Greater Cape Floristic Region

Curtis W. Marean, Hayley C. Cawthra, Richard M. Cowling, Karen J. Esler, Erich Fisher, Antoni Milewski, Alastair J. Potts, Elzanne Singels, and Jan De Vynck

9 The assembly and function of Cape plant communities in a changing world

Jasper A. Slingsby, David D. Ackerly, Andrew M. Latimer, H. Peter Linder, and Anton Pauw

10 Biotic interactions

Bruce Anderson, Nicky Allsopp, Allan G. Ellis, Steven D. Johnson, Jeremy J. Midgley, Anton Pauw, and James G. Rodger

11 Plant ecophysiological diversity

Michael D. Cramer, Adam G. West, Simon C. Power, Robert Skelton, and William D. Stock

12 Biological invasions in the Cape Floristic Region: history, current patterns, impacts, and management challenges

John R. Wilson, Mirijam Gaertner, Charles L. Griffiths, and Kotzé, David C. Le Maitre, Sean M. Marr, Mike D. Picker, Dian Spear, Louise Stafford, David M. Richardson, Brian W. van Wilgen, and Andrew Wannenburgh

13 Impacts of climate change in the Greater Cape Floristic Region

Res Altwegg, Adam West, Lindsey Gillson, and Guy F. Midgley

14 Conserving the Cape Floristic Region

Mathieu Rouget, Mandy Barnett, Richard M. Cowling, Tracey Cumming, Fahiema Daniels, M. Timm Hoffman, Jeff Manuel, Jeanne Nel, Azisa Parker, Domitilla Raimondo, and Tony Rebelo

15 People, the Cape Floristic Region, and sustainability

Nicky Allsopp, Pippin M.L. Anderson, Patricia M. Holmes, Annalie Melin, and Patrick J. O’Farrell

16 Geography, climate, and biodiversity: the history and future of mediterranean-type ecosystems

David D. Ackerly, William D. Stock, and Jasper A. Slingsby

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