Biodiversity conservation in botanic gardens, arboreta, living collections, biogeography, natural history, species richness, sustainable energy, National Botanic Garden of Wales, University of Cambridge Botanic Garden, Species richness as a function of year of establishment

1. London Metropolitan Univ. - 2010 Biodiversity Conservation – week 8
Marco Pautasso (marpauta at gmail.com)

2. Biodiversity Conservation
main topics – week 8
1. Biodiversity conservation
and botanic gardens
2. Preparation for the field visit
and for the writing of the report

3. [CO2]
from MacKay (2008) Sustainable Energy

4. CO2 emissions (2000) per person per continent
from MacKay (2009) Sustainable Energy

5. CO2 emissions (2000) per person per country
from MacKay (2009) Sustainable Energy

6. CO2 emissions (cumulative: 1880-2004) per person per country
from MacKay (2009) Sustainable Energy

7. CO2 emissions since 2000: scenarios vs. data
from MacKay (2009) Sustainable Energy

8. Fossil fuel consumption as a threat to biodiversity
Source: NZZ, April 2010

9. Map of the world by Abraham Ortelius, ~1570
From: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:1572_Typus_Orbis_Terrarum_Ortelius.jpg

10. Orbis terrarum, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, ~27 a.C.
from http://www.arqweb.com/vitrum/orbis22.asp

12. Hotspots of biodiversity

13. Areogram of plant species richness per country
Source: www.worldmapper.org

14. Proportion of plant species at risk worldwide per country
Source: www.worldmapper.org

15. Number of botanic gardens per country
Source: www.worldmapper.org

17. National Botanic Garden of Wales

18. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh

19. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh

20. Cambridge University
Botanic Garden

21. Mount Lofty Botanic Garden, Australia

22. Berkeley University
Botanic Garden

23. Berlin Botanic Garden

24. Tokyo Koishikawa Botanic Garden

25. Auckland
Botanic
Garden,
New Zealand

26. Arnold
Arboretum,
Harvard
University,
Boston, USA

28. Arnold
Arboretum,
Harvard
University,
Boston, USA

29. Arnold
Arboretum,
Harvard
University,
Boston, USA

30. Arnold
Arboretum,
Harvard
University,
Boston, USA

31. Frequency distribution of the species richness
of the living collections of the world’s botanic gardens
from: Botanica Helvetica (2007)

32. Frequency distribution of the areas
of the world’s botanic gardens
from: Botanica Helvetica (2007)

33. Frequency distribution of the years of establishment
of the world’s botanic gardens
from: Botanica Helvetica (2007)

34. References
Barbosa AM, Fontaneto D, Marini L & Pautasso M (2010) Positive regional species–people correlations: a sampling artefact or a key issue for
sustainable development? Animal Conservation 13: 446-447
Dehnen-Schmutz K, Holdenrieder O, Jeger MJ & Pautasso M (2010) Structural change in the international horticultural industry: some implications
for plant health. Scientia Horticulturae 125: 1-15
Golding J, Güsewell S, Kreft H, Kuzevanov VY, Lehvävirta S, Parmentier I & Pautasso M (2010) Species-richness patterns of the living collections
of the world's botanic gardens: a matter of socio-economics? Annals of Botany 105: 689-696
MacLeod A, Pautasso M, Jeger MJ & Haines-Young R (2010) Evolution of the international regulation of plant pests and challenges for future plant
health. Food Security 2: 49-70
Parmentier I & Pautasso M (in press) Species-richness of the living collections of the world’s botanical gardens – patterns within continents. Kew
Bulletin doi:10.1007/s12225-011-9244-5
Pautasso M & Chiarucci A (2008) A test of the scale-dependence of the species abundance-people correlation for veteran trees in Italy. Annals of
Botany 101: 709-715
Pautasso M & Dinetti M (2009) Avian species richness, human population and protected areas across Italy’s regions. Environmental Conservation
36: 22-31
Pautasso M & Fontaneto D (2008) A test of the species-people correlation for stream macro-invertebrates in European countries. Ecological
Applications 18: 1842-1849
Pautasso M & Parmentier I (2007) Are the living collections of the world’s botanical gardens following species-richness patterns observed in natural
ecosystems? Botanica Helvetica 117: 15-28
Pautasso M & Powell G (2009) Aphid biodiversity is correlated with human population in European countries. Oecologia 160: 839-846
Pautasso M & Weisberg PJ (2008) Density-area relationships: the importance of the zeros. Global Ecology and Biogeography 17: 203-210
Pautasso M & Zotti M (2009) Macrofungal taxa and human population in Italy's regions. Biodiversity & Conservation 18: 473-485
Pautasso M et al (2010) Plant health and global change – some implications for landscape management. Biological Reviews 85: 729-755
Pecher C, Fritz S, Marini L, Fontaneto D & Pautasso M (2010) Scale-dependence of the correlation between human population and the species
richness of stream macroinvertebrates. Basic Applied Ecology 11: 272-280
Schlick-Steiner B, Steiner F & Pautasso M (2008) Ants and people: a test of two mechanisms behind the large-scale human-biodiversity correlation
for Formicidae in Europe. Journal of Biogeography 35: 2195-2206
Steck CE & Pautasso M (2008) Human population, grasshopper and plant species richness in European countries. Acta Oecologica 34: 303-310