Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One - Serpentine as a Model in Earth History and Evolution -- 1 - Serpentinites and Other Ultramafic Rocks: Why They Are Important for Earth's History and Possibly for Its Future -- 2 - Microbes in Extreme Environments: Implications for Life on the Early Earth and Other Planets -- 3 - Phylogenetic Patterns of Endemism and Diversity -- 4 - Plant Speciation -- 5 - Intraspecific Variation, Adaptation, and Evolution -- 6 - Genomic Approaches to Understanding Adaptation -- 7 - Local Adaptation in Heterogeneous Landscapes: Reciprocal Transplant Experiments and Beyond -- 8 - Herbivory and Other Cross-Kingdom I Harsh Soils -- 9 - Invasions and the Evolution of Range Limits -- Part Two - Serpentine as a Model in Ecology and Conservation -- 10 - Plant Competition and Facilitation in Systems with Strong Environmental Gradients -- 11 - Community Invasibility: Spatial Heterogeneity, Spatial Scale, and Productivity -- 12 - Disturbance and Diversity in Low-Productivity Ecosystems -- 13 - Plant-Pollinator Interactions in Naturally Fragmented Habitats -- 14 - Spatial Ecology: The Effects of Habitat Patch Size, Shape, and I Ecological Processes -- 15 - Systematic Conservation Planning: Protecting Rarity, Representation, and Connectivity in Regional Landscapes -- 16 - Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, and Global Change -- 17 - Climate Change and Plant Communities on Unusual Soils -- 18 - Restoration and Revegetation of Harsh Soils -- Part Three - Synthesis -- 19 - What Have We Learned from Serpentine in Evolution, Ecology, and Other Sciences? -- Species Index -- Subject Index.