| Título : |
Island Biogeography : Ecology, evolution, and conservation |
| Tipo de documento: |
Libro |
| Autores: |
Robert J. Whittaker, Autor ; José María Férnandez-Palacios, Autor |
| Mención de edición: |
2nd.ed |
| Editorial: |
Oxford : Oxford University Press |
| Fecha de publicación: |
2007 |
| Número de páginas: |
xii, 416 p. |
| Il.: |
il |
| ISBN/ISSN/DL: |
9780198566113 |
| Idioma : |
Inglés (eng) |
| Clasificación: |
[BFA] Ciencias Naturales y Biológicas
|
| Palabras clave: |
Biogeografía insular Islas Evolución Ecosistemas insulares Conservación |
| Nota de contenido: |
Part I: Islands as Natural Laboratories
The natural laboratory paradigm.
Island environments.
The biogeography of island life: biodiversity hotspots in context.
Part II: Island Ecology.
Species numbers games : The macroecology of island biotas.
Community assembly and dynamics.
Scale and island ecological theory: toward a new synthesis.
Part III: Island Evolution.
Arrival and change.
Speciation and the island condition.
Emergent models of island evolution.
Part IV: Islands and Conservation
Island theory and conservation.
Anthropogenic losses and threats to island ecosystems.
Island remedies: The conservation of island ecosystems.
Glossary.
References. |
| Link: |
https://www.bfa.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar/id/49521 |
Island Biogeography / Oxford : Oxford University Press (2007)
