*Edited by Oscar Grillo and Gianfranco Venora*

As everybody knows, the dynamic interactions between biotic and abiotic factors, as well as the anthropic ones, considerably affect global climate changes and consequently biology, ecology and distribution of life forms of our planet. These important natural events affect all ecosystems, causing important changes on biodiversity. Systematic and phylogenetic studies, biogeographic distribution analysis and evaluations of diversity richness are focal topics of this book written by international experts, some even considering economical effects and future perspectives on the managing and conservation plans.

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Changing Diversity in Changing Environment

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## Changing Diversity in Changing Environment

*Edited by Oscar Grillo and Gianfranco Venora*

**CHANGING DIVERSITY IN** 

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**CHANGING ENVIRONMENT** 

Edited by **Oscar Grillo** and **Gianfranco Venora**

## **CHANGING DIVERSITY IN CHANGING ENVIRONMENT**

Edited by **Oscar Grillo** and **Gianfranco Venora**

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/1835 Edited by Oscar Grillo and Gianfranco Venora

#### **Contributors**

Chanpen Chanchao, Akihiko Yamagishi, Shingo Kato, Enrique Javier Javier Carvajal Barriga, Carlos Rosa, Diego Libkind, Ana Briones, Juan Úbeda, Ian Roberts, Steven James, Patricia Portero Barahona, Paula Morais, Akihiro Ohnishi, Akihiro Nagano, Naoshi Fujimoto, Masaharu Suzuki, Simona Bonelli, Francesca Barbero, Luca Pietro Casacci, Cristiana Cerrato, Dario Patricelli, Marco Sala, Alessio Vovlas, Magdalena Witek, Emilio Balletto, Stuart Sandin, Rachel Morrison, Yolanda Hortelano-Moncada, Fernando A. Cervantes, Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule, Vinicius Abilhoa, Hugo Bornatowski, Raul Rennó Braga, Hugo F. Gante, Stefan Foord, Anna Dippenaar-Schoeman, Charles Haddad, Corrado Fogher, Matteo Busconi, Serena Reggi, Giuliano Dallolio, Jorge Enrique Ramirez-Albores, Adolfo G. Navarro-Siguenza, David Bone, Carmen Teresa Rodríguez, Iliana Chollett, Zhang Hangxiao, De Leon, Leonardo De Azevedo Calderon, Rodrigo Stábeli, Marieke Van Erp, Antal Van Den Bosch, Piroska Lendvai, Marian Van Der Meij, René Dekker, Steve Hunt

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