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Author:   Nicky Allsopp (Fynbos Node Manager, Fynbos Node Manager, South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON)) ,  Jonathan F. Colville (NRF Research Fellow, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, NRF Research Fellow, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, South African National Biodiversity Institute) ,  G. Anthony Verboom (Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 19.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.80cm
Weight:   0.802kg
ISBN:  

9780198777762

ISBN 10:   0198777760
Pages:   398
Publication Date:   07 January 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Nicola G. Bergh, G. Anthony Verboom, Mathieu Rouget, and Richard M. Cowling: Vegetation types of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: Peter L. Bradshaw and Richard M. Cowling: Landscapes, rock types and climate of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 3: Tineke Kraaij and Brian W. van Wilgen: Drivers, ecology and management of fire in fynbos 4: Jonathan F. Colville, Alastair J. Potts, Peter L. Bradshaw, G. John Measey, Dee Snijman, Mike D. Picker, ?erban Proche?, Rauri C. K. Bowie, and John C. Manning: Floristic and faunal Cape biochoria: do they exist? 5: G. Anthony Verboom, H. Peter Linder, Félix Forest, Vera Hoffmann, Nicola G. Bergh, Richard M. Cowling: Cenozoic assembly of the Greater Cape flora 6: Allan G. Ellis, G. Anthony Verboom, Timo van der Niet, Steven D. Johnson, H. Peter Linder: Speciation and extinction in the Greater Cape Floristic Region 7: Krystal A. Tolley, Rauri C.K. Bowie, G. John Measey, Benjamin W. Price and Félix Forest: The shifting landscape of genes since the Pliocene: terrestrial phylogeography in the Greater Cape Floristic Region 8: 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: Stone age people in a changing South African Greater Cape Floristic Region 9: Jasper A. Slingsby, David D. Ackerly, Andrew M. Latimer, H. Peter Linder and Anton Pauw: The assembly and function of Cape plant communities in a changing world 10: Bruce Anderson, Nicky Allsopp, Allan G. Ellis, Steven D. Johnson, Jeremy J. Midgley, Anton Pauw, James G. Rodger: Biotic interactions 11: Michael D. Cramer, Adam G. West, Simon C. Power, Robert Skelton and William D. Stock: Plant ecophysiological diversity 12: 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, Andrew Wannenburgh: Biological invasions in the Cape Floristic Region: history, current patterns, impacts, and management challenges 13: Res Altwegg, Adam West, Lindsey Gillson, Guy F. Midgley: Impacts of climate change in the Greater Cape Floristic Region 14: Mathieu Rouget, Mandy Barnett, Richard M. Cowling, Tracey Cumming, Fahiema Daniels, M. Timm Hoffman, Andrew Knight, Jeff Manuel, Azisa Parker, Domitilla Raimondo, Tony Rebelo: Conserving the Cape Floristic Region 15: Nicky Allsopp, Pippin M.L. Anderson, Patricia M. Holmes, Annalie Melin, Patrick J. O'Farrell: People, the Cape Floristic Region and Sustainability 16: David D. Ackerly, William D. Stock, Jasper A. Slingsby: Geography, climate and biodiversity: the history and future of mediterranean-type ecosystems

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For new initiates to the Greater Cape Floristic Region (GCFR), this book will be the primary go-to reference; for those more familiar with the region and its biota, much of the material will be familiar, but there are many surprising new nuggets of information...The GCFR has a high global profile as a case study in diversity, alien invasions, and conservation. For this reason, this new book commends itself not only to researchers interested in the GCFR or mediterranean-climate ecosystems specifically, but to those interested in the diversity of life on our planet more generally. Ryan Chisholm, Ecology

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Dr Nicky Allsopp manages the Fynbos Node of the South African Environmental Observation Network. She started her research career investigating nutrient uptake specializations of fynbos vegetation and followed this with studies of nutrient patterns and processes associated with vegetation degradation in most of the major biomes in South Africa. While working in communal rangelands, she became interested in the social dimensions of environmental management. Recently she served as an editor and author on the South African Department of Science and Technology's Global Change Research Plan. She is also involved with the Fynbos Forum which promotes science-management-decision making communication and action. Dr Tony Verboom holds an associate professorship in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Cape Town, teaching topics in systematics, evolutionary ecology and land plant diversity. Research-wise he is interested in questions relating to speciation, adaptation and the processes that underpin the spatial organization of biodiversity. Much of his research has involved the use of systematic tools to understand better the assembly of the modern Cape flora. To date, Dr Verboom has published 39 papers in international peer-reviewed journals. He regularly reviews for international journals and currently serves as an associate editor for Austral Ecology. He also co-edited a special issue of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution entitled 'Origins and evolution of a biodiversity hotspot, the biota of the African Cape Floristic Region'. Dr Jonathan Colville holds a NRF-Research Career Advancement Fellowship and is currently based at the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) within the Kirstenbosch Research Centre, where he conducts research on the ecology and evolution of South Africa's insects, as well as their conservation and value as ecosystem service providers. Most of his research focuses on investigating the patterns and processes of insect diversity, with a particular interest on the insect faunas of the Greater Cape Floristic Region, in which several insect groups show clear signatures of adaptive radiation. Dr Colville serves as an associate editor for African Entomology and is a member of the Entomological Society and Lepidopterists' Society of Southern Africa. He is an avid natural historian of insects and plants: in 2002 he was involved in the scientific discovery of the World's most recent insect order, and in 2011, he was involved in the discovery of the World's first jumping cockroach.

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