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Here, we combine this technology with global species richness. Plant species with extremely small populations psesp in china. Plant ecology and diversity is an international journal and the new forum of the botanical society. In most plant communities, regardless of their species richness, the community. We used available global plant diversity information at the ecoregion scale and. Botanical journal of scotland 1991 2007 transactions of the botanical society of edinburgh 1844 1990 latest articles. An overview of plant biodiversity is provided in this chapter. Plant diversity formerly plant diversity and resources is an international plant science journal that publishes substantial original research and. A current debate in ecology centers on the extent to which ecosystem function depends on biodiversity. The report is available in electronic format pdf at neris website. Biodiversity is rapidly declining worldwide 1, and there is consensus that this can decrease ecosystem functioning and services 2,3,4,5,6,7. Regarding to the rangelands ecosystem, plant diversity is used as. This article showed the effects of forest fires on the forest ecology, the impact of humaninduced or severe natural wildfire on plant diversity, effects of fire on forest fauna and effects of suppression of the natural fire regime. The department of ecology, environment and plant sciences.
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