caa a22 4500 60552825X CHVBK 20210128100812.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10531-015-0952-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10531-015-0952-2 Diversity and conservation of plant species in dry valleys, southwest China [Elektronische Daten] [Yu Zhao, Xun Gong] The dry valleys in southwest China harbor a highly varied concentration of endemic plant species. To date, the conservation of the unique ecosystem has been paid attention, whereas conservation for the regional endemic plant species has not been much focused. The dry valleys own approximately 1707 plant species among which, 37.42% are endemic. The plant species in that dry ecosystem are currently challenged by the climate change and anthropogenic activity. To give insight into the current (and past) status of threatened species and the population conservation management strategies, we investigated the genetic diversities of endemic and endangered plant species in the dry valleys in the last decade, using nuclear or plastid molecular markers. Our data revealed that the plant species in this region have low levels of genetic diversity within populations and strong genetic structure. We thus concluded that strong geography patterns are mainly shaped by complex topography as well as their local habitats. We pointed that it is of importance to incorporate neutral and non-neutral genetic diversity when assessing the status of the endangered species. We suggest more research findings are needed to well understand and ensure regional effective conservation on the plant species occurred in the dry valleys. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015 Characteristic species nationallicence Genetic diversity nationallicence Genetic structure nationallicence Conservation priority nationallicence Dry-hot valleys nationallicence Southwest China nationallicence Zhao Yu Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Heilongtan, 650201, Kunming, Yunnan, China aut Gong Xun Key Laboratory of Economic Plants and Biotechnology, Kunming Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Wild Plant Resources, Heilongtan, 650201, Kunming, Yunnan, China aut Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/11(2015-10-01), 2611-2623 0960-3115 24:11<2611 2015 24 10531 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0952-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0952-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhao Yu Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Heilongtan, 650201, Kunming, Yunnan, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gong Xun Key Laboratory of Economic Plants and Biotechnology, Kunming Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Wild Plant Resources, Heilongtan, 650201, Kunming, Yunnan, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/11(2015-10-01), 2611-2623 0960-3115 24:11<2611 2015 24 10531