TY - BOOK ID - 77895590 TI - Plant and animal endemism in California PY - 2013 SN - 0520954734 9780520954731 9780520275546 0520275543 9781299453562 1299453562 PB - Berkeley University of California Press DB - UniCat KW - Endemic plants KW - Endemic animals KW - Animals KW - Indigenous plants KW - Native plants KW - Native vegetation KW - Plants KW - Ecology KW - Conservation KW - adaptation. KW - amphibians. KW - animal endemism. KW - arcto tertiary. KW - arctostaphylos. KW - biological diversity. KW - california. KW - complex geology. KW - conservation. KW - ecology. KW - endemic species. KW - endemism. KW - engaging. KW - environmental conservation protection. KW - environmentalism. KW - flora and fauna. KW - imperiled diversity. KW - mediterranean type climate. KW - modern barriers. KW - molecular evidence. KW - native species. KW - natural sciences. KW - nature. KW - plant and animal endemism in california. KW - plant endemism. KW - topography. KW - unique landscapes. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77895590 AB - California is globally renowned for its biological diversity, including its wealth of unique, or endemic, species. Many reasons have been cited to explain this abundance: the complex geology and topography of its landscape, the special powers of its Mediterranean-type climate, and the historic and modern barriers to the wider dispersal of its flora and fauna. Plant and Animal Endemism in California compiles and synthesizes a wealth of data on this singular subject, providing new and updated lists of native species, comparing patterns and causes of both plant and animal endemism, and interrogating the classic explanations proposed for the state's special significance in light of new molecular evidence. Susan Harrison also offers a summary of the innovative tools that have been developed and used in California to conserve and protect this stunning and imperiled diversity. ER -