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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 thorough and meticulous study, the result of nearly a quarter-century of research, examines the island biogeography of plants on continental islands in Barkley Sound, British Columbia. Invaluable both because of its geographical setting and because of the duration of the study, Plants on Islands summarizes the diversity, dynamics, and distribution of the approximately three hundred species of plants on more than two hundred islands. Martin Cody uses his extensive data set to test various aspects of island biogeographic theory. His thoughtful analysis, constrained by taxon and region, elucidates and enhances the understanding of the biogeographic patterns and dynamics. He provides an overview of the basic theory, concepts, and analytical tools of island biogeography. Also discussed are island relaxation to lower equilibrium species numbers post-isolation, plant distributions variously limited by island area, isolation and climatic differences, adaptation to local abiotic and biotic environments within islands, and the evolution of different island phenotypes. The book concludes with a valuable consideration of equilibrium concepts and of the interplay of coexistence and competition. Certain to challenge, Plants on Islands is among the first books to critically analyze the central tenets of the theory of island biogeography.

Island plants - British Columbia - Barkley Sound Region. --- Botany --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Plant Geography --- Island plants --- Plant communities --- Vegetation dynamics --- Phytogeography --- Plant ecology --- Plants --- Botanical geography --- Geobotany --- Geographical distribution of plants --- Plant distribution --- Plant geography --- Plant species --- Dynamics of vegetation --- Communities, Plant --- Phytosociology --- Plant associations --- Plant societies --- Insular plants --- Island flora --- Ecology --- Geographical distribution --- Biogeography --- Disjunct plants --- Acclimatization (Plants) --- Vegetation and climate --- Biotic communities --- Phytoecology --- Vegetation ecology --- Floristic ecology --- barkley sound. --- british columbia. --- evolution of different island phenotypes. --- island biogeographic theory. --- isolation and climatic differences. --- meticulous. --- more than two hundred islands. --- plant distributions. --- plants on continental islands. --- study of biogeography of island plants. --- thorough. --- three hundred species of plants.