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Preface | |
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Definitions of abbreviations for the charts and tables | |
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The concept of biodiversity | |
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Defining biodiversity | |
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Biodiversity at species level | |
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Biodiversity at higher taxonomic levels | |
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Biodiversity at genetic level | |
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Biodiversity at ecosystem level | |
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The course of biodiversity | |
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The relationship between biodiversity and natural product diversity | |
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Taxonomy, phylogeny, and natural products | |
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The problem of unculturable species | |
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Natural product diversity: at which rank? | |
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The molecular rank | |
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The taxonomic and ecological rank | |
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Natural product diversity at ecosystem level | |
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Terrestrial and freshwater biomes | |
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Tropical rain forest, grassland and savanna, scrub and deciduous forest | |
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American tropical and subtropical land | |
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African tropical and subtropical land | |
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Eastern tropical and subtropical land | |
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Temperate grassland, deciduous forest, and chaparral | |
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The taiga and the tundra | |
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The oceans | |
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Zonation of the seas and oceans | |
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Indo-Pacific | |
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Caribbean | |
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Panamanian | |
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Mediterranean | |
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North Pacific | |
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South Pacific | |
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North Atlantic | |
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South Atlantic | |
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Zealandic | |
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Arctic | |
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Antarctic | |
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Internal seas | |
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The widespread distribution of natural products | |
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The widespread distribution of natural products on land | |
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The widespread distribution of natural products in the oceans | |
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Found both on land and in the sea | |
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Terrestrial vs marine natural product diversity | |
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Life under extreme conditions | |
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Graphic analysis of the skeletal diversity and complexity of natural products | |
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Natural product diversity at functional level | |
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Signaling, defensive, and environmentally relevant metabolites | |
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Recruiting, alarming, and growth stimulating agents | |
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Antifeedant and antimicrobial agents | |
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Toxins and environmentally noxious metabolites | |
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Messengers of biodiversity | |
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Mediators of signals | |
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Exploiting natural product diversity | |
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Food, food additives, and food processing from land and the oceans | |
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Commercial natural drugs and folk medicines | |
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Natural products, derivatives, and extracts in development as drugs | |
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Fragrances and cosmetics | |
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Technological compounds and laboratory tools | |
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Drugs of abuse | |
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Biotechnology and chemical synthesis of natural products | |
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The role of biotechnology | |
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Biotechnology and natural products | |
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Biocatalysis | |
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The role of chemical synthesis | |
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Threatening and management of natural product diversity | |
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Threatening natural product diversity | |
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Fossil molecules and past natural product diversity | |
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Endangered natural products | |
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Threats from farming and urbanization | |
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Threats from the introduction of alien species | |
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Threats from toxicity, ecotoxicity, and climate changes following industrialization | |
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Threats from biotechnology | |
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A tentative list of endangered natural products | |
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Our biased view? | |
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Management of natural product diversity | |
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Preserving natural product diversity through the management of living species | |
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Preserving natural product diversity through collections and gene banks | |
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References | |
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Index | |