TY - CHAP AU - Enrique Javier Carvajal Barriga AU - Diego Libkind AU - Ana Isabel Briones AU - Juan Úbeda Iranzo AU - Patricia Portero AU - Ian Roberts AU - Steve James AU - Paula B. Morais AU - Carlos A. Rosa ED - Oscar Grillo ED - Gianfranco Venora Y1 - 2011-11-14 PY - 2011 T1 - Yeasts Biodiversity and Its Significance: Case Studies in Natural and Human-Related Environments, Ex Situ Preservation, Applications and Challenges N2 - 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. BT - Changing Diversity in Changing Environment SP - Ch. 4 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/23906 DO - 10.5772/23906 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-16 ER -