Since 1991, researchers from approximately 45 nations have participated in eight
International Conferences on Serpentine Ecology (ICSE). The Conferences are coordinated …

Ultramafic rocks (typically known as 'serpentines' in the botanical and ecological literature),
and the soils derived from them, are widely distributed throughout the globe across all …

Ultramafic outcrops occupy less than 1% of the land surface of the Earth and are renowned
as hotspots of plant diversity and endemism. With over 3500 km2 of ultramafic outcrops in …

Although checklists are essential tools for managing and conserving ultramafic ecosystems,
no updated checklist currently exists for ultramafic ecosystems on the southern Iberian …

Serpentine habitats have long provided model settings for geoe research (reviewed in
Alexander et al. 2007, Brady et al. 2005, Br Kazakou et al. 2008, Kruckeberg 1984, Proctor …

The Ecology of Sumatra distills for the first time the information found in nearly 1,500
scholarly works relevant to an understanding of the full range of natural and man-made …

Serpentine soils are weathered products of a range of ultramafic rocks composed of
ferromagnesian silicates. Serpentine more accurately refers to a group of minerals, including …

Globally, ultramafic outcrops are renowned for hosting floras with high levels of endemism,
including plants with specialised adaptations such as nickel or manganese …

Ultramafics are characterised by high concentrations of magnesium and nickel, low
concentrations of calcium, low water retention capacity and low concentrations of essential …

This advanced textbook explores the intriguing flora and plant ecology of the Middle East,
framed by a changing desert landscape, global climate change, and the arc of human …