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- Title
The processes that threaten Indonesian plants.
- Authors
Budiharta, Sugeng; Widyatmoko, Didik; Irawati; Wiriadinata, Harry; Rugayah; Partomihardjo, Tukirin; Ismail; Uji, Tahan; Keim, Ary Prihardhyanto; Wilson, Kerrie A.
- Abstract
The processes that threaten 240 Indonesian threatened plants were identified and categorized based on a comprehensive review of the published literature and elicitation of information from experts. Intrinsic biological factors and habitat loss are the major causes of plant endangerment in Indonesia (affecting 83 and 82% of species respectively), followed by overexploitation (64%) and natural factors (6%). The dominant threats vary between major plant groups, with habitat loss being particularly important for palms and trees, and biological factors important for orchids. For all studied plant species three sets of inter-related threatening processes (threat syndromes) were identified that differed among the major plant groups. By identifying and evaluating the processes that threaten plants in Indonesia we provide knowledge to guide their future conservation.
- Subjects
INDONESIA; PLANT diversity; ENDANGERED plants; HABITATS; BIOLOGICAL extinction &; the environment; PLANT species
- Publication
Oryx, 2011, Vol 45, Issue 2, p172
- ISSN
0030-6053
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0030605310001092