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_aIsland biogeography : _becology, evolution, and conservation / _cRobert J. Whittaker, and José María Fernández-Palacios. |
250 | _aSecond edition. | ||
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_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2007. |
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_axii, 401 pages : _billustrations ; _c26 cm. |
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504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 351-381) and index. | ||
505 | 0 | _apt. 1. Islands as natural laboratories. The natural laboratory paradigm -- Island environments -- The biogeography of island life : Biodiversity hotspots in context -- pt. 2. Island ecology. Species numbers games : The macroecology of island biotas -- Community assembly and dynamics -- Scale and island ecological theory : Toward a new synthesis -- pt. 3. Island evolution. Arrival and change -- Speciation and the island condition -- Emergent models of island evolution -- pt. 4. Islands and conservation. Island theory and conservation -- Anthropogenic losses and threats to island ecosystems -- Island remedies : The conservation of island ecosystems. | |
520 | _a"Island biogeography is the study of the distribution and dynamics of species in island environments. Due to their isolation from more widespread continental species, islands are ideal places for unique species to evolve, but they are also places of concentrated extinction. Not surprisingly,they are widely studied by ecologists, conservationists and evolutionary biologists alike. There is no other recent textbook devoted solely to island biogeography, and a synthesis of the many recent advances is now overdue. This second edition builds on the success and reputation of the first, documenting the recent advances in this exciting field and explaining how islands have been usedas natural laboratories in developing and testing ecological and evolutionary theories. In addition, the book describes the main processes of island formation, development and eventual demise, and explains the relevance of island environmental history to island biogeography. The authors demonstratethe huge significance of islands as hotspots of biodiversity, and as places from which disproportionate numbers of species have been extinguished by human action in historical time. Many island species are today threatened with extinction, and this work examines both the chief threats to theirpersistence and some of the mitigation measures that can be put in play with conservation strategies tailored to islands."--Publisher description. | ||
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_aFernández-Palacios, José María, _d1953- _9252563 |
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_aOxford biology. _91050979 |
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