Endangered species : threats, conservation and future research /
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| Imprint: | Hauppage, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2016. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Animal science, issues and research |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11405793 |
Table of Contents:
- ENDANGERED SPECIES THREATS, CONSERVATION AND FUTURE RESEARCH ; ENDANGERED SPECIES THREATS, CONSERVATION AND FUTURE RESEARCH ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 THREATS, PERSISTENCE AND CONSERVATION OF RARE PLANT POPULATIONS IN MOLINION CAERULEAE MEADOWS ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; LARGE PINK DIANTHUS SUPERBUS L. ; MARSH GENTIAN GENTIANA PNEUMONANTHE L. ; SWORD LILY GLADIOLUS IMBRICATUS L. ; SIBERIAN IRIS IRIS SIBIRICA L. ; GLOBEFLOWER TROLLIUS EUROPAEUS L. ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES.
- Chapter 2 THE USE OF MULTIVARIATE ANALYSES OF MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS AND DNA ANALYSES FOR ASSESSING THE TAXONOMIC RANKING OF RARE PLANT TAXA: AN EXAMPLE COMPARING POPULATIONS OF ECHINOMASTUS ERECTOCENTRUS VAR. ACUNENSIS WITH THOSE OF ITS RELATIVES E. ERECTOCENTRUS VAR. ERECTOCENTRUS AND E. JOHNSONII ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; METHODS ; DNA Analyses; Morphology ; RESULTS ; DNA Analyses ; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSES ; UPGMA ; Principle Components Analysis ; Discriminant Function Analysis ; MANOVA ; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION ; Taxonomy; APPENDIX; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES.
- Chapter 3 ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES: THE CASE OF MAGNOLIAS ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION; BIOGEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS OF THE MAGNOLIACEAE FAMILY ; DISTRIBUTION OF THE MAGNOLIACEAE FAMILY AND NEW, RECENTLY DESCRIBED SPECIES ; PRESENT AND POTENTIAL USE OF MAGNOLIAS ; THE ECOLOGY OF MAGNOLIAS ; Seeds and Germination ; Regeneration and Structure of Populations ; Genetic Diversity and Demography ; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 THE LIMITATION OF GENETIC DIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN BOTANICAL GARDENS: A CASE STUDY OF ENDANGERED SPECIES CYCAS HAINANENSIS ; ABSTRACT.
- INTRODUCTION MATERIALS AND METHODS; Study Species ; Sample Collection and Microsatellite Analysis ; Data Analysis ; Genetic Variation ; Genetic Differentiation ; Genetic Substructure ; RESULTS ; Genetic Variation ; Genetic Differentiation ; Genetic Substructure ; DISCUSSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; INDEX.