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This journal have an international coverage in the areas of plant ecology and floristic biodiversity, as well as retaining some Scottish content of value to international plant scientists

Plant ecology --- Plant diversity --- Plant diversity. --- Plant ecology. --- Botany --- Plants --- Botanical diversity --- Diversity, Plant --- Floristic diversity --- Plant biodiversity --- Plant biological diversity --- Ecology --- Biodiversity --- Phytoecology --- Vegetation ecology --- Floristic ecology

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Urbanization is one of the main drivers of global change. It often takes place in areas with high biodiversity, threatening species worldwide. To protect biodiversity not only outside but also right within urban areas, knowledge about the effects of urban land use on species assemblages is essential. Sonja Knapp compares several aspects of plant biodiversity between urban and rural areas in Germany. Using extensive databases and modern statistical methods, she goes beyond species richness: Urban areas are rich in species but plant species in urban areas are closer related to each other than plant species in rural areas, respectively. The urban environment, characterized by high temperatures and frequent disturbances, changes the functional composition of the flora. It promotes e.g. short-lived species with leaves adapted to drought but threatens insect-pollinated or wind-dispersed species. The author claims that the protection of biodiversity should not only focus on species richness but also on functional and phylogenetic diversity, also right within urban areas, to preserve a flora with a high potential for adaptation to changing global conditions.

Germplasm resources, Plant. --- Germplasm resources. --- Plant diversity conservation. --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Physics - General --- Plant diversity. --- Botanical diversity --- Diversity, Plant --- Floristic diversity --- Plant biodiversity --- Plant biological diversity --- Chemistry. --- Biotechnology. --- Biodiversity --- Chemical engineering --- Genetic engineering

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It is agreed by most scientists that there is a real possibility of mankind's being plunged into crisis around the middle of the twenty-first century because of insufficient crop production to support the explosively increasing world popula­ tion and because of serious pollution of the global environment. Plants should play the major role in alleviating this crisis. Consequently, plant science will become of crucial importance in the next century. The application of plant science to crop improvement and the pro­ duction of plants resistant to environmental pollution will be achieved through complete understanding of the basic functions of plants. Fun­ damental understanding of individual species and the evolution of plants is also important. The Botanical Society of Japan, which was established in 1882, decided to publish a series of special issues of the Botanical Magazine, Tokyo (now the Journal of Plant Research). The aim of this series was to present overviews of recent advances in various fields of plant sciences. As a result, The Botanical Society of Japan published Controlling Factors in Plant Development in 1978, Regulation of Photosynthetic Processes in 1991, and Cellular and Molecular Bio­ logy in Plant Cell Cultures in 1993. The contributions to these high-quality special issues were written by leading international scientists in each field, and these publications had a great impact worldwide.

Plants --- Plant diversity. --- Evolution. --- Phylogeny. --- Plant diversity --- 575.8 --- Phylogeny (Botany) --- Plant phylogeny --- Phylogeny --- Plant evolution --- Evolution (Biology) --- Botanical diversity --- Diversity, Plant --- Floristic diversity --- Plant biodiversity --- Plant biological diversity --- Biodiversity --- Evolution. Origin of species. Phylogeny --- Evolution --- 575.8 Evolution. Origin of species. Phylogeny --- Plant science. --- Botany. --- Plant Sciences. --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Biology --- Natural history --- Floristic botany

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This book presents the first assessment of the high-elevation flora of the Central Caucasus with a community ecology emphasis. Following a geostatistical-climatological description of the region (in comparison to the European Alps), it describes the montane, alpine and nival plant assemblages on the basis of an ecological approach that combines moisture, soils and local habitat peculiarities. Highlights include the famous giant herb communities in treeless parts of the upper montane belt, the various facets of alpine turf, and the unique assemblages and settings in the nival region. Further chapters address potential niche conservation between the Caucasus and the Alps, as well as a compilation of plant species habitat preferences (indicator values) that applies to a concept developed for the Alps. Richly illustrated and featuring extensive quantitative data on species abundance, the book offers a unique guide to the plant species diversity of this prominent mountain range, and a valuable resource for comparative ecology and biodiversity assessments of warm temperate mountain systems.

Life sciences. --- Plant ecology. --- Life Sciences. --- Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography. --- Plant Ecology. --- Plant diversity. --- Botanical diversity --- Diversity, Plant --- Floristic diversity --- Plant biodiversity --- Plant biological diversity --- Biodiversity --- Botany --- Plants --- Ecology --- Plant systematics. --- Plant taxonomy. --- Phytoecology --- Vegetation ecology --- Botanical classification --- Botanical systematics --- Botanical taxonomy --- Classification --- Plant biosystematics --- Plant classification --- Plant systematics --- Plant taxonomy --- Systematic botany --- Systematics (Botany) --- Taxonomy, Plant --- Plant taxonomists --- Floristic ecology

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Edible greens --- Plant diversity --- Vegetables --- #ABIB:atte --- 574.472 --- 635.4 --- 635.4 Other green vegetables. Leaf vegetables --- Other green vegetables. Leaf vegetables --- 574.472 Biodiversity --- Biodiversity --- Food crops --- Horticultural crops --- Horticultural products --- Botanical diversity --- Diversity, Plant --- Floristic diversity --- Plant biodiversity --- Plant biological diversity --- Greens, Edible --- Leafy vegetables --- Pot-herbs --- Potherbs --- Vegetables, Leafy --- Plants, Edible --- Vegetable gardening --- Germplasm resources