Endemism in Vascular Plants

Part I. The Meaning of Endemism 1. The Increasing Importance of Endemism: Responsibility, the Media and EducationCarsten Hobohm & Caroline M. Tucker1.1. What is endemism?1.2. The Increasing Importance of Endemism in the Media1.3. Endemism, Responsibility and Education2. How to Quantify EndemismCarsten Hobohm & Caroline M. Tucker2.1. Introduction2.2. Number of Individuals (N)2.3. Number of Taxa (E)2.4. Proportion of Endemics (E/S)2.5. Bykow`s Index of Endemism (BI)2.6. Density, Endemic Species Diversity in Space (E/A)2.7. Endemics-Area-Relationships (EARs)2.8. Range-Size Rarity (RSR) and weighted endemism (WE, CWE)2.9. Parsimony Analysis of Endemism (PAE)2.10. Phylogentic Measures of Endemism (PE)2.11. Habitat Preferences (E/H)2.12. Perception of EndemicsPart II. Endemic Vascular Plants over Time3. Factors that Create and Increase EndemismInes Bruchmann & Carsten Hobohm3.1. Introduction3.2. Neo- and Paleoendemism3.3. Constancy and Change3.4. Age of the Geological Substrate and Landscape3.5. Dispersal, Isolation, Hard and Soft Boundaries3.6. Growth of Phylogenetic Trees and Evolutionary Speed4. Factors that Threaten and Reduce EndemismInes Bruchmann & Carsten Hobohm4.1. Introduction4.2. Extinctions in the Past and Recent Threats4.3. Disturbance of Habitats4.4. Biological Resource Use4.5. Invasive and Other Problematic Species4.6. Climate Change4.7. Problems of Reproduction4.8. Biotic Crisis and Conservation of Endemic Vascular PlantsPart III. Endemic Vascular Plants in Space 5. Biogeography of Endemic Vascular Plants - OverviewCarsten Hobohm, Ines Bruchmann, Monika JaniSová, Jan Jansen & Uwe Deppe5.1. Latitudinal, Longitudinal, Radial and Altitudinal Gradients5.2. Oceanic Islands, Continental Islands and Mainland Regions5.3. Endemism in Relation to Habitat6. Endemism on Islands - Case Studies6.1. Juan Fernández IslandsAndres Moreira-Muñoz & Sergio Elórtegui6.2. Madeira IslandsMiguel de Sequeira & Carsten Hobohm6.3. Corsica, MediterraneanCarsten Hobohm6.4.