CATASTROPHIC SELECTION AND EDAPHIC ENDEMISM

Microbial Endemism and Biogeography

The topic of microbial biogeography is almost 100 years old, however, when confronted with questions about the existence and extent of endemism in the microbial world, many microbiologists respond with opinions and theoretical arguments rather than examples of well-conducted studies. We begin this chapter with an overview of this debate as it ·applies to free-living prokaryotes in part because ...

Microbial Endemism and Biogeography

The topic of microbial biogeography is almost 100 years old, however, when confronted with questions about the existence and extent of endemism in the microbial world, many microbiologists respond with opinions and theoretical arguments rather than examples of well-conducted studies. We begin this chapter with an overview of this debate as it ·applies to free-living prokaryotes in part because ...

Endemism in Rock Outcrop Plant Communities of Unglaciated Eastern United States: An Evaluation of the Roles of the Edaphic, Genetic and Light Factors

Within the unglaciated eastern United States, where the natural vegetation is mostly deciduous forest, edaphically-controlled herbaceous plant communities occur on unshaded rock outcrops in shallow soil developed from serpentine, shale, granite, limestone, dolomite, sandstone, chert, rhyolite and other rock types. The most distinctive features of the flora of these communities are their endemic...

Biodiversity concordance and the importance of endemism.

Global conservation prioritization often focuses on protecting the most species for the money invested (e.g., Myers et al. 2000; Orme et al. 2005; Wilson et al. 2006). Biodiversity hotspots and surrogate species are heralded as promising approaches for achieving this goal (e.g., Rodrigues et al. 2004; Bani et al. 2006; Lamoreux et al. 2006). Although identifying biodiversity hotspots (Myers et ...

European avifauna: habitat, migration and endemism