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ISBN: 9781108569422 9781108752039 9781108477079 1108477070 9781108701877 1108701876 Year: 2020 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press
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The speciesarea relationship (SAR) describes a range of related phenomena that are fundamental to the study of biogeography, macroecology and community ecology. While the subject of ongoing debate for a century, surprisingly, no previous book has focused specifically on the SAR. This volume addresses this shortfall by providing a synthesis of the development of SAR typologies and theory, as well as empirical research and application to biodiversity conservation problems. It also includes a compilation of recent advances in SAR research, comprising novel SAR-related theories and findings from the leading authors in the field. The chapters feature specific knowledge relating to terrestrial, marine and freshwater realms, ensuring a comprehensive volume relevant to a wide range of fields, with a mix of review and novel material and with clear recommendations for further research and application.
Biogeography. --- Macroecology. --- Numbers of species. --- Spatial ecology. --- Species diversity --- Statistical methods.
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ISBN: 0198868561 9780198868569 019886857X 9780198868576 Year: 2023 Publisher: Oxford : Oxford university press,
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"Island biogeography: geo-environmental dynamics, ecology, evolution, human impact, and conservation provides a synthetic review covering islands as model systems in the life sciences. It is centred on the study of the geographical distribution of biodiversity and how it changes through time, understood through the medium of island biotas and ecosystems. It comprises four parts devoted in turn to: island environments; ecology; evolution; and human impact and conservation. It describes the origins and dynamics of different island types and the key characteristics of island environments that shape their biotic characteristics. It identifies key theories of island ecology and reviews progress towards their evaluation and development. It sets out the essential building blocks of island evolution and the emergent patterns of insular endemism and of island evolutionary syndromes in animals and plants. It reviews how island geo-environmental dynamics are of crucial relevance to understanding and developing improved explanatory and predictive models of their ecological and evolutionary dynamics. It reviews the application of island theory to fragmented ecosystems. It describes the spread of human societies across the islands of the world and the impact of these and subsequent human colonization events on the environments, biotas, and sustainability of societies on islands. It reviews evidence of anthropogenic extinction on islands, identifying key extinction drivers and threats to existing native species and ecosystems, and ways in which island evolution may make island species particularly vulnerable to certain external influences. It considers the distinctive conservation challenges and solutions that may be effective on islands."--
Biogeography. --- Evolution (Biology). --- Island ecology. --- Basic Sciences. Biology -- Biogeography.
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ISBN: 1108752039 110875807X 1108569420 Year: 2020 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
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The species-area relationship (SAR) describes a range of related phenomena that are fundamental to the study of biogeography, macroecology and community ecology. While the subject of ongoing debate for a century, surprisingly, no previous book has focused specifically on the SAR. This volume addresses this shortfall by providing a synthesis of the development of SAR typologies and theory, as well as empirical research and application to biodiversity conservation problems. It also includes a compilation of recent advances in SAR research, comprising novel SAR-related theories and findings from the leading authors in the field. The chapters feature specific knowledge relating to terrestrial, marine and freshwater realms, ensuring a comprehensive volume relevant to a wide range of fields, with a mix of review and novel material and with clear recommendations for further research and application.
Species diversity --- Spatial ecology. --- Numbers of species. --- Macroecology. --- Biogeography. --- Statistical methods.
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Year: 1995 Publisher: S.l. Inter-Research
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