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Vascular plant endemism in the diverse vegetation zones and physiognomic habitat types of some islands or archipelagos is described and analysed in detail. The Juan Fernández Islands, Madeira Archipelago, Corsica and Madagascar, located in different regions and oceans of the world, present their own unique evolutionary histories and composition of habitats and endemics.

The concentration of endemics on Juan Fernández Islands, the Madeira archipelago, Corsica and additionally Tenerife is compared directly, as the absolute numbers of endemic taxa there are similar.

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  1. Instituto de Geografía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Andrés Moreira-Muñoz

  2. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Sergio Elórtegui Francioli

  3. Ecology and Environmental Education Working Group, Interdisciplinary Institute of Environmental, Social and Human Studies, University of Flensburg, Flensburg, Germany

    Carsten Hobohm

  4. Centro de Ciências da Vida, Universidade da Madeira, Funchal, Portugal

    Miguel Pinto da Silva Menezes de Sequeira

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Moreira-Muñoz, A., Francioli, S.E., Hobohm, C., da Silva Menezes de Sequeira, M.P. (2014). Endemism on Islands – Case Studies. In: Hobohm, C. (eds) Endemism in Vascular Plants. Plant and Vegetation, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6913-7_6

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