Island Biogeography: Ecology, Evolution, and ConservationOxford University Press, 1998 - 285 páginas Work on evolution on islands has a long-established biogeographical pedigree, stretching back to the work of Darwin and Wallace. Research generated ideas, theories, and models which have played a central role in the development of mainstream ecology, evolutionary biology, and biogeography. Island Biogeography is a new textbook, aimed at advanced undergraduates and graduate students. This is the first comprehensive book to be written on the topic since 1981. It provides a much needed synthesis of recent development across the discipline, linking current theoretical debates with applied island ecology. Some themes that the book covers include: the nature and formation of island environments, island ecological theories concerning species numbers, species assembly, and composition, and an assessment of the human impact on island biodiversity. Written by an author who has been researching and teaching biogeography for many years, Island Biogeography is wide-ranging, authoritative, and accessible to students from across geography and the life sciences. This is the first truly modern textbook on a fascinating and important subject in evolution and ecology. |
Contenido
Island environments | 7 |
3 | 19 |
4 | 21 |
6 | 31 |
5 | 37 |
6 | 49 |
4 | 59 |
7 | 67 |
7 | 113 |
Community assembly and dynamics | 144 |
220 | 195 |
21 | 215 |
23 | 222 |
The human impact on island ecosystems | 228 |
25 | 234 |
Further reading | 257 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Island Biogeography: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Robert J. Whittaker,Jose Maria Fernandez-Palacios Vista previa limitada - 2006 |
Island Biogeography: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Robert J. Whittaker,José Maria Fernandez-Palacios Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
Island Biogeography: Ecology, Evolution and the Light-house Keeper's Cat Robert Whittaker Sin vista previa disponible - 1998 |
Términos y frases comunes
adaptive radiation analyses animals archipelago Asteraceae ation avifauna biological biotas bird species birds breeding Caribbean Chapter character displacement climatic colonists colonization competition conservation Conservation Biology continental Darwin's finches Diamond dioecious dispersal distribution diversity dynamic Easter Island ecosystems effects endemic species environmental ETIB evidence evolutionary example exotic extinction rates fauna finches flightless flora forest founder effects fragmentation Galápagos genetic habitat islands Hawaii Hawaiian human important incidence functions insular island biogeography island ecological island endemics isolation km² Krakatau land landscape larger Lesser Antilles lineages loss MacArthur and Wilson mainland mammals metapopulation native nestedness niche number of species occur oceanic islands Pacific particular patches patterns plant species Pleistocene polyploidy populations predators radiation Rakata range recolonization region relatively reserves significant Simberloff speciation species number species richness species-area studies successional supertramp taxa taxon taxon cycle tion turnover volcanic Whittaker Williamson 1981