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SUMMARY:Mapping plant diversity across the scales - Laurens Geffert\, Nees
  Institute for Biodiversity of Plants\, University of Bonn
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CONTACT:Jessica C. Walsh
DESCRIPTION:Species diversity is unequally distributed across the globe. A
 lthough plants do not account for the lion's share of this diversity\, the
 y are of fundamental economic and ecological importance. Numerous interact
 ions link the spatial patterns of plant species richness to those of overa
 ll biodiversity\, thus making them an ideal indicator group. Mapping of pl
 ant diversity therefore offers a way to concisely display these complex bi
 ogeographical data and macroeogical analyses allow for inferences on the u
 nderlying mechanisms.\nI will present work done at the Nees Institute\, Un
 iversity of Bonn in mapping plant diversity on continental and global scal
 es. This includes maps of major land plant lineages like flowering plants\
 , ferns and mosses\, as well as more specialized groups like cacti and car
 nivorous plants.
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre\, Department of Zoology \, Downing Street
 \, CB2 3EJ
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