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Animal migration
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ISBN: 9780191576621 019157662X 1283581523 9781283581523 9780199568994 0199568995 9780199569007 0199569002 9786613893970 6613893978 Year: 2011 Publisher: Oxford New York

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Migration is a fascinating phenomenon that can contribute to the fundamental structuring of ecosystems. This seminal volume synthesises insights from both mathematical modelling and empirical research in order to generate a unified understanding of the mechanisms underlying migration.


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Historical biogeography of neotropical freshwater fishes
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ISBN: 1283277689 9786613277688 0520948505 Year: 2011 Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press,

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The fish faunas of continental South and Central America constitute one of the greatest concentrations of aquatic diversity on Earth, consisting of about 10 percent of all living vertebrate species. Historical Biogeography of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes explores the evolutionary origins of this unique ecosystem. The chapters address central themes in the study of tropical biodiversity: why is the Amazon basin home to so many distinct evolutionary lineages? What roles do ecological specialization, speciation, and extinction play in the formation of regional assemblages? How do dispersal barriers contribute to isolation and diversification? Focusing on whole faunas rather than individual taxonomic groups, this volume shows that the area's high regional diversity is not the result of recent diversification in lowland tropical rainforests. Rather, it is the product of species accumulating over tens of millions of years and across a continental arena.


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The physics of foraging
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ISBN: 9781107006799 1107006791 9780511902680 9781139093170 1139093177 0511902689 9781139092142 1139092146 9781139091251 1139091255 1107221617 1283127539 9786613127532 1139092650 1139090348 Year: 2011 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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"Do the movements of animals, including humans, follow patterns that can be described quantitatively by simple laws of motion ? If so, then why ? These questions have attracted the attention of scientists in many disciplines, and stimulated debates ranging from ecological matters to queries such as 'how can there be free will if one follows a law of motion?' This is the first book on this rapidly evolving subject, introducing random searches and foraging in a way that can be understood by readers without a previous background on the subject. It reviews theory as well as experiment, addresses open problems and perspectives, and discusses applications ranging from the colonization of Madagascar by Austronesians to the diffusion of genetically modified crops. The book will interest physicists working in the field of anomalous diffusion and movement ecology as well as ecologists already familiar with the concepts and methods of statistical physics"--

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