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Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson's The Theory of Island Biogeography, first published by Princeton in 1967, is one of the most influential books on ecology and evolution to appear in the past half century. By developing a general mathematical theory to explain a crucial ecological problem--the regulation of species diversity in island populations--the book transformed the science of biogeography and ecology as a whole. In The Theory of Island Biogeography Revisited, some of today's most prominent biologists assess the continuing impact of MacArthur and Wilson's book four decades after its publication. Following an opening chapter in which Wilson reflects on island biogeography in the 1960's, fifteen chapters evaluate and demonstrate how the field has extended and confirmed--as well as challenged and modified--MacArthur and Wilson's original ideas. Providing a broad picture of the fundamental ways in which the science of island biogeography has been shaped by MacArthur and Wilson's landmark work, The Theory of Island Biogeography Revisited also points the way toward exciting future research.
Biogeography --- Island ecology --- Biogeography -- Congresses. --- Island ecology. --- Island ecology -- Congresses. --- Insular ecology --- Biogeography. --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Ecology --- Islands --- Areography (Biology) --- Geographical distribution of animals and plants --- Species --- Species distribution --- Biology --- Geography --- Geographical distribution --- Island biogeography --- IBT (Island biogeography theory) --- Insular biogeography --- Island biogeographic theory --- Island biogeography theory --- Theory of island biogeography
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This updated and expanded volume integrates new and broader studies encompassing more taxa and more complete island coverage. The present synthesis provides a basis for further research and exploration in upcoming years of the Sea of Cortés' region.
Island ecology --- Island biogeography --- IBT (Island biogeography theory) --- Insular biogeography --- Island biogeographic theory --- Island biogeography theory --- Theory of island biogeography --- Biogeography --- Insular ecology --- Islands --- Ecology --- California, Gulf of (Mexico) --- Cortés, Sea of (Mexico) --- Cortez, Sea of (Mexico) --- Golfo de California (Mexico) --- Gulf of California (Mexico) --- Sea of Cortés (Mexico) --- Sea of Cortez (Mexico) --- Vermilion Sea (Mexico)
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Insects have successfully inhabited all freshwater habitats on Earth and are often the most diverse and abundant species in streams and ponds. With a disproportionally high species richness compared to the area covered by freshwaters, aquatic insects represent a hotspot of diversity. They play crucial roles in aquatic food webs as primary consumers, detritivores, and predators, but they also represent an important food resource for aquatic and terrestrial predators. Many aquatic insect orders, such as mayflies, stoneflies, and caddisflies, include taxa that are highly sensitive to habitat alterations, reflecting the health of the overall aquatic ecosystem. This feature is exploited by many scientists and practitioners around the world for water and environment quality monitoring. Despite their importance in term of diversity, ecosystem services and bioindication, many aquatic insect species are critically endangered, mainly due to anthropogenic pressures on freshwaters and climate change. Although the research efforts on aquatic insects tremendously increased during the 21st century, much is still left undiscovered. This Special Issue addresses existing knowledge gaps and increases our understanding of taxonomic diversity and phylogeny, distribution patterns, and community ecology of aquatic insects through 15 new studies that cover most of the aquatic insect orders over a wide geographic range. In a context of rapid global biodiversity loss, accelerating the acquisition of both fundamental and applied knowledge is crucial.
Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Ecological science, the Biosphere --- odonate --- flight period --- checklist --- Eastern Mediterranean --- citizen science --- climate --- water quality --- functional richness --- functional specialization --- functional evenness --- impact of mining and forest fire --- aquatic insects --- conservation --- life cycle --- limnology --- mayfly --- North Africa --- rivers --- streams --- developing country --- multivariate statistics --- bioindication value --- index scores --- WQI --- HQI --- EPT --- stoneflies --- USA --- species richness --- hierarchical unit codes --- flow intermittence --- environmental variables --- aquatic macrophytes --- karst --- dragonflies --- damselflies --- anthropogenic impact --- distribution --- local extinction --- museum study --- Plecoptera --- population decline --- island biogeography --- new species --- taxonomy --- biodiversity --- colonization --- endemism --- species radiation --- diving beetles --- freshwater --- chironomid larvae --- water pollution index (WPI) --- alpha and beta diversity --- anthropogenic pressure --- taxonomic diversity --- substrate preference --- Danube --- floodplain --- gomphid nymphs --- Orientogomphus --- Thailand --- Heteroptera --- aquatic --- species compositions --- marine insects --- Hemiptera --- biogeography --- Rif --- Atlas --- Central Plateau --- Oriental Morocco --- mayflies --- phylogenomics --- phylogenetics --- systematics --- n/a
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This book includes all 14 articles contributed to the Special Issue "Systematics and Conservation of Neotropical Amphibians and Reptiles” in the journal Diversity, originally published in 2019 and 2020.
UCE --- phylogenetics --- amphibians --- Dendrobatidae --- Aromobatidae --- frogs --- systematics --- amphibian --- chytridiomycosis --- conservation --- disease --- enzootics --- epizootics --- population declines --- Dactyloidae --- ecomorphology --- Iguania --- Isla Cocos --- Isla Gorgona --- Isla Malpelo --- island biogeography --- lizards --- neotropics --- overwater dispersal --- miniaturization --- taxonomy --- geographical range --- habitat breadth --- local abundance --- threatened species --- extinction risk --- Viperidae --- deforestation --- timber harvest --- fire --- invasion of exotic plants --- public policy --- protected areas --- critically endangered --- data deficient --- amphisbaenians --- snakes --- South America --- Andes --- Pacific coast --- Perú --- species description --- threats --- species richness --- diversity gradient --- community structure --- reptiles --- Amazon --- rainforest --- lizard --- snake --- ecological niche modeling --- potential species distribution --- extant species distribution --- conservation areas --- Cusco --- high elevation --- Neotropical --- Qosqophryne --- tropical mountain --- systematic --- anura --- biogeography --- centrolenidae --- Bufonidae --- cryptic species --- forensic taxonomy --- Great American Biotic Interchange --- historical biogeography --- Isthmus of Panama --- Middle America --- molecular phylogenetics --- phylogeography --- Cercosaurinae --- Cercosaura manicata boliviana --- diversity --- Machupicchu --- Oxapampa --- Pholidobolus anomalus --- Peru --- n/a --- Perú
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