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Plant Evolution in the Mediterranean: Insights for Conservation 2nd Edition by John D. Thompson 9780192572035 0192572032

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Author(s): John D. Thompson

ISBN(s): 9780198835158, 0198835159

Edition: 2

File Details: PDF, 23.84 MB

Year: 2020

Language: English

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ISBN 10: 0192572032
ISBN 13: 9780192572035
Author: John D. Thompson

Plant Evolution in the Mediterranean
Insights for conservation

Since the first edition of this book published in 2005, there has been an immense amount of new and fascinating work on the history, ecology, and evolution of the Mediterranean flora. During this time, human impacts have continued to increase dramatically, significantly influencing both the ecology and evolution of the region’s biota. This timely and comprehensive update of the original text integrates a diverse and scattered literature to produce a synthetic account of Mediterranean plant evolutionary ecology. It maintains the accessible style of its previous version whilst incorporating recent work in a new structural framework. This is not a traditional “plant science” book per se, but a novel integration of history, ecology, biogeography, and evolution, all set in the context of a dramatically increasing human footprint. There is a particular emphasis on the role of human activities as an ecological factor and their subsequent impact on plant evolution. Conversely, it demonstrates how an understanding of the evolutionary ecology of the region’s flora can be used to provide insights into its future conservation and management. Plant Evolution in the Mediterranean is aimed at all those who are interested in the biology of the Mediterranean region, whether it is taxonomy, ecology, evolution, conservation policy and management, or the regional history of its biodiversity in general. It will be of relevance and use to all graduate students and researchers of Mediterranean-type ecosystem ecology and geography, as well as professional ecologists, evolutionary biologists, conservation biologists, and environmental practitioners requiring a concise, authoritative overview of the topic.

Table contents:

CHAPTER 1: A Mediterranean history
The Mediterranean triptych
Geological foundations
Tertiary flora and climate
A truly ancient flora
Into the Miocene
Messinian desiccation
The return of the Mediterranean Sea
The onset of the Mediterranean climate
Quaternary climate oscillations
The beginnings of a human footprint
Climate warming and human activities
Fire
Towards the contemporary mosaic landscape
Phased history
CHAPTER 2: The ecology and biogeographyof endemism
Diversity and endemism
Floristic origins: the Mediterranean confluence
Historical biogeographic affinities
Bioclimatic variation and landscape diversity
Species diversity on islands
The diversity of island contexts
Species diversity in relation to island size and heterogeneity
Diversity and endemism: divergent patterns
An essay on endemism
Of mountains and islands
The terrestrial–aquatic interface
Disjunct endemism and floristic affinities
The persistence niche
Ecological originality of peripheral populations
Towards processes
CHAPTER 3: The evolution of endemic plants
Evolutionary processes in a Mediterranean setting
Tertiary lineage diversification and paleo-endemism
Early origins of east–west lineage divergence
Tertiary endemics
Diversification since the Tertiary
Phased, spatial divergence
Aegea and the East Mediterranean
Central Mediterranean land bridges
The West Mediterranean
The Pillars of Hercules
Footprints of glacial refugia
Crisis . . . what crisis?
CHAPTER 4: The evolution of a cultural heritage
The onset of agriculture
The initiation of domestication
Trait evolution through domestication
Out of the East
Diversity and differentiation during dispersal
Back to the wild
Hand in hand
A reservoir of resources
CHAPTER 5: Plant traits and ecological dynamics
The summer drought
Summer drought and functional traits
Trait evolution in relation to aridity
Rainfall variability
Towards persistence
Dispersal dynamics
Colonization and succession
Ecological dynamics in terrestrial plant communities
Ecological dynamics across the sea–land interface
The role of fire in ecological dynamics and trait evolution
Post-fire dynamics and resilience
Traits and regeneration strategies
Aromatic plants
Abundance and chemical diversity
Functions and interactions
Variation and adaptation in relation to soils and climate
Trait variation and ongoing climate change
CHAPTER 6: Plant reproduction
Flowers of the Mediterranean
Flowering phenology
Generalization and specialization in the pollination niche
Contemporary and historical constraints
The pollination mosaic
Attracting pollinators . . . but avoiding herbivores
Selection for specialization: flowers, fragrance, and fidelity
Gender variation and selfing in hermaphrodites
Gender polymorphism
Heterostyly and stigma-height polymorphism
Towards conservation
CHAPTER 7: Conservation in the crossroadsof history
Plant evolution and the conservation dialogue
An ever-growing human footprint
Landscape change and vulnerability
Habitat fragmentation
Interactions lost
Species conservation: from priorities to recovery
Setting priorities
Stimulating species recovery
Protected areas
Key biodiversity areas can be small
The need for complementarity
The conservation of evolutionary potential
Diversity and differentiation in endemic species
Conservation in a persistence niche
Population diversity and ecological transitions
The originality of peripheral populations
Hybridization
From current rarity to an evolutionary future
CHAPTER 8: One of five
Two per cent
Common climates, striking similarities
A particular place, a singular history
Five biodiversity hotspots
CHAPTER 9: Science and nature in a changing Mediterranean world
Homer’s warning
Climate change
Can we include evolutionary potential in the conservation dialogue?
From rarity to dynamics and change
Should we assist migration and colonization?
Ongoing landscape dynamics
From a low-intensity footprint to unmanaged dynamics
Conservation in a cultural landscape
Conservation in a landscape of vulnerability
Towards ecological solidarity
Costs and collaboration
From ecological interdependency to solidarity