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The Göttingen conference Systematics 2008 is the first joint meeting of the Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (GfBp. and the German Botanical Society, section Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (DBG), being the 10th Annual Meeting of the GfBS and the 18th International Symposium Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology of the DBG. The conference programme covers biological systematics in the widest sense and provides ample opportunities for oral and poster presentations on new advances in plant, animal and microbial systematics. This volume brings together the abstracts of invited speaches from the plenary sessions on Progress in Deep Phylogeny, Speciation and Phylogeography, and New Trends in Biological Systematics as well as those of submitted talks and poster sessions.

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The Göttingen conference Systematics 2008 is the first joint meeting of the Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (GfBp. and the German Botanical Society, section Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (DBG), being the 10th Annual Meeting of the GfBS and the 18th International Symposium Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology of the DBG. The conference programme covers biological systematics in the widest sense and provides ample opportunities for oral and poster presentations on new advances in plant, animal and microbial systematics. This volume brings together the abstracts of invited speaches from the plenary sessions on Progress in Deep Phylogeny, Speciation and Phylogeography, and New Trends in Biological Systematics as well as those of submitted talks and poster sessions.

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At the heart of evolution lies a bewildering paradox. Natural selection favors above all the individual that leaves the most offspring-a superorganism of sorts that Jonathan Silvertown here calls the "Darwinian demon." But if such a demon existed, this highly successful organism would populate the entire world with its own kind, beating out other species and eventually extinguishing biodiversity as we know it. Why then, if evolution favors this demon, is the world filled with so many different life forms? What keeps this Darwinian demon in check? If humankind is now the greatest threat to biodiversity on the planet, have we become the Darwinian demon? Demons in Eden considers these questions using the latest scientific discoveries from the plant world. Readers join Silvertown as he explores the astonishing diversity of plant life in regions as spectacular as the verdant climes of Japan, the lush grounds of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, the shallow wetlands and teeming freshwaters of Florida, the tropical rainforests of southeast Mexico, and the Canary Islands archipelago, whose evolutionary novelties-and exotic plant life-have earned it the sobriquet "the Galapagos of botany." Along the way, Silvertown looks closely at the evolution of plant diversity in these locales and explains why such variety persists in light of ecological patterns and evolutionary processes. In novel and useful ways, he also investigates the current state of plant diversity on the planet to show the ever-challenging threats posed by invasive species and humans. Bringing the secret life of plants into more colorful and vivid focus than ever before, Demons in Eden is an empathic and impassioned exploration of modern plant ecology that unlocks evolutionary mysteries of the natural world.

Plant diversity. --- Plant diversity --- Plant diversity conservation --- Botany --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Botany - General --- Plant diversity conservation. --- Conservation of plant diversity --- Botanical diversity --- Diversity, Plant --- Floristic diversity --- Plant biodiversity --- Plant biological diversity --- Conservation --- Biodiversity conservation --- Plant conservation --- Biodiversity --- biodiversity, evolution, natural selection, darwin, science, ecology, environment, environmentalism, preservation, conservation, plants, species, invasive, archipelago, canary islands, mexico, tropical rainforests, florida, freshwater, wetlands, royal botanical gardens, japan, botany, ecosystem, nonfiction, biology, life sciences.

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Botanique --- Anatomie végétale --- plant anatomy --- Physiologie végétale --- Plant physiology --- Développement biologique --- biological development --- Phytoécologie --- plant ecology --- Taxonomie --- taxonomy --- Évolution --- evolution --- Génétique --- genetics --- Expression des gènes --- gene expression --- Écosystème --- ecosystems --- Population humaine --- human population --- Impact sur l'environnement --- Environmental impact --- evolution. --- Botany. --- Plant physiology. --- Plant diversity. --- Plant ecology. --- Plant genetics. --- Biologie végétale --- Diversité végétale. --- Écologie végétale. --- Génétique végétale. --- plant anatomy. --- biological development. --- plant ecology. --- taxonomy. --- genetics. --- gene expression. --- ecosystems. --- human population. --- Environmental impact. --- Study and teaching --- Étude et enseignement.