David Briggs is Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge. He completed his BSc and PhD from Durham University. He has served as Demonstrator in Botany, Botany School, University of Cambridge from 1961¿1964; a Lecturer in Botany, University of Glasgow from 1974¿2001; and Lecturer in Botany, and Curator of the Herbarium, Department of Plant Sciences at Cambridge University from 1974¿2001. He has a lifelong interest in conservation, evolution, genetics and taxonomy. His practical conservation experience includes being a former member of the Wicken Fen Committee of the National Trust and the Milngavie Civic Trust. He was formerly the Chair of Cam Valley Forum - an action group active in the conservation of the Cam, its flood plain and tributaries. He has co-authored Plant Variation and Evolution, also by Cambridge University Press, now in its third edition.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface 1. Introduction 2. Studying change 3. Key concepts in plant evolution 4. The origin and extent of human-influenced habitats 5. Consequences of human influences on the biosphere 6. Categories 7. Investigating microevolution in anthropogenic ecosystems 8. Plant microevolution in managed grassland ecosystems 9. Harvesting crops: arable and forestry 10. Pollution and microevolutionary change 11. Introduced plants 12. Endangered species: investigating the extinction processes at the population level 13. Hybrids and speciation in anthropogenically-influenced ecosystems 14. Ex situ conservation: within and outside reserves 15. In situ conservation 16. Creative conservation through restoration and reintroduction 17. Reserves in the landscape 18. Climate change 19. Microevolution and climate change 20. The implications of climate change for the theory and practice of conservation 21. Overview Bibliography Index.
Preface 1. Introduction 2. Studying change 3. Key concepts in plant evolution 4. The origin and extent of human-influenced habitats 5. Consequences of human influences on the biosphere 6. Categories 7. Investigating microevolution in anthropogenic ecosystems 8. Plant microevolution in managed grassland ecosystems 9. Harvesting crops: arable and forestry 10. Pollution and microevolutionary change 11. Introduced plants 12. Endangered species: investigating the extinction processes at the population level 13. Hybrids and speciation in anthropogenically-influenced ecosystems 14. Ex situ conservation: within and outside reserves 15. In situ conservation 16. Creative conservation through restoration and reintroduction 17. Reserves in the landscape 18. Climate change 19. Microevolution and climate change 20. The implications of climate change for the theory and practice of conservation 21. Overview Bibliography Index.
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