**Meet the editor**

Marina Silva-Opps received her Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the Université de Montréal, Canada in 1996. She is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Prince Edward Island in Canada. Over the course of her research career, Dr. Silva-Opps has acquired a rare combination of ecological expertise that she uses to study the patterns of abundance, species

richness, movement, and body size of mammals and birds across spatial scales. Dr. Silva-Opps is proficient in statistics, GIS spatial analysis, and manipulation and analysis of large databases for macroecological studies. Since her arrival at the University of Prince Edward Island, Dr. Silva-Opps has published several technical reports, as well as papers in high impact national and international journals.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 1 Biogeography, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 1**

**Biogeographic Contributions from South America 3**

Chapter 3 **Contribution to the Moss Flora of Kizildağ (Isparta) National**

Chapter 5 **The Biogeography of the Butterfly Fauna of Vietnam With a Focus on the Endemic Species (Lepidoptera) 95**

Chapter 7 **Spatial Variability of Vegetation in the Changing Climate of**

Chapter 6 **Parascript, Parasites and Historical Biogeography 125**

Chapter 4 **Twenty Years of Molecular Biogeography in the West**

Valerio Ketmaier and Adalgisa Caccone

A.L. Monastyrskii and J.D. Holloway

Dra Dolores Casagranda and Dra Mercedes Lizarralde de Grosso

Özlem Barış, Mehmet Karadayı, Derya Yanmış and Medine Güllüce

**Mediterranean Islands of Corsica and Sardinia: Lessons Learnt**

Chapter 1 **Areas of Endemism: Methodological and Applied**

Chapter 2 **Genomic Rearrangements and Evolution 19**

Serhat Ursavaş and Barbaros Çetin

**and Future Prospects 71**

Hugo H. Mejía-Madrid

**the Baikal Region 149** A. P. Sizykh and V. I. Voronin

**Park in Turkey 41**
