Flora, vegetation and climate assessment of the Early/Middle Miocene Parschlug flora indicates a distinctly seasonal climate

Climate Change and the Future of California's Endemic Flora

The flora of California, a global biodiversity hotspot, includes 2387 endemic plant taxa. With anticipated climate change, we project that up to 66% will experience >80% reductions in range size within a century. These results are comparable with other studies of fewer species or just samples of a region's endemics. Projected reductions depend on the magnitude of future emissions and on the abi...

Flora and Vegetation of Afghanistan

Afghanistan is a very mountainous country. It offers a big variety of ecological conditions, this means a big variety of vegetation types is covering land surface. These vegetation types are consisting of a high biodiversity, since the floristic influence from various neighbour regions is a considerable factor in floristic and vegetation pattern. On the other hand, Afghanistan is a very dry cou...

The weather and climate of the tropics, Part 9 - Climate, flora and fauna

Much of this series has covered the weather types experienced in the tropics. Following on from the introduction to tropical climates in Part 1 (Galvin, 2007), this penultimate part describes the major climates and their relationship to the plants and animals of the tropics, including humankind, that have settled in all tropical environments. A map of the climatic zones of the tropics appears a...

The Flora and Vegetation of Swains Island

Swains I s l a n d i s an i s o l a t e d a t o l l l y i n g about 270 km n o r t h of Samoa. Although g e o g r a p h i c a l l y and f l o r i s t i c a l l y a p a r t of t h e Tokelau I s l a n d s 160 km t o t h e n o r t h w e s t , i t be longs p o l i t i c a l l y t o t h e T e r r i t o r y o f American Samoa. The i s l a n d l i e s a t a l a t i t u d e of 11°03 ' S and a l o n g i...

Vulnerability of Southern African Fauna and Flora to Climate Change