| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 382 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| 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, Șerban Procheș, 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, Ian 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 |
| Summary |
South Africa's Greater Cape Floristic Region has intrigued biologists for centuries. It has achieved iconic status as a locus of megadiversity - a place to study the ecological underpinnings of massive evolutionary radiations in fynbos and associated vegetation types. Advances over the past two decades in unravelling the complexities of GCFR ecology and evolution are presented. The region has yielded significant contributions on adaptive radiations of large lineages, conservation science, pollination biology, invasive plant biology, and palaeoanthropology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Fynbos ecology -- South Africa -- Western Cape
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Conservation of natural resources -- South Africa -- Western Cape
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Biodiversity -- South Africa -- Western Cape
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Evolution (Biology) -- South Africa -- Western Cape
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Biodiversity conservation -- South Africa -- Western Cape
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NATURE -- Ecology.
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NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
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Biodiversity
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Biodiversity conservation
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Conservation of natural resources
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Evolution (Biology)
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Fynbos ecology
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Fynbos
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Ökologie
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Palökologie
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Naturschutz
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South Africa -- Western Cape
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Allsopp, Nicky, editor.
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Colville, Jonathan F., editor.
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Verboom, G. Anthony, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780191791949 |
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0191791946 |
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9780191669101 |
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0191669105 |
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