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02340aam a2200361 a 4500 001 232B300A5F4A11E0A44B18966AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20110405010051 008 090710s2009 enkab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2009024645 020 $a 0521521548 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780521521543 (pbk.) 020 $a 0521818354 (hbk.) 020 $a 9780521818353 (hbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)426065756 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BWKUK $d CDX $d RSA $d YDXCP $d AGL $d BWX $d SILO 050 00 $a QK980 $b .B75 2009 050 00 $a QK980 $b .B75 2009 070 0 $a QK980 $b .B75 2009 100 1 $a Briggs, D. $q (David), $d 1936- 245 1 $a Plant microevolution and conservation in human-influenced ecosystems / $c David Briggs. 260 $a Cambridge, UK ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c c2009. 300 $a xix, 598 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 26 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 1 $a "As human activities are increasingly domesticating the Earth's ecosystems, new selection pressures are acting to produce winners and losers amongst our wildlife. With particular emphasis on plants, Briggs examines the implications of human influences on micro-evolutionary processes in different groups of organisms, including wild, weedy, invasive, feral, and endangered species. Using case studies from around the world, he argues that Darwinian evolution is ongoing. He considers how far it is possible to conserve endangered species and threatened ecosystems through management, and questions the extent to which damaged landscapes and their plant and animal communities can be precisely recreated or restored. Many of Darwin's ideas are highlighted, including his insights into natural selection, speciation, the vulnerability of rare organisms, the impact of invasive species, and the effects of climate change on organisms. An important text for students and researchers of evolution, conservation, climate change and sustainable use of resources." --NHBS Environment Bookstore. 650 0 $a Plants $x Evolution. 650 0 $a Nature $x Effect of human beings on. 650 0 $a Plant conservation. 650 0 $a Endangered plants. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160825063355.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20110405011102.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=232B300A5F4A11E0A44B18966AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search