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Bezig met laden... Species Diversity in Space and Time (editie 1995)door Michael L. Rosenzweig (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A synthetic approach to examining global and historic biodiversity. The punchline of the thesis is that area is the most important factor for biodiversity, primarily (as I understand it) because increased area has a higher likelihood of potential niches available to be filled. Overall a readable science text that synthesizes many published datasets, which are reprinted and graphed. Worthwhile for ecology students and those seriously interested in understanding biodiversity, extinction, and how these change at different locations, spatial scales, and over time. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Why do larger areas have more species? What makes diversity so high near the equator? Has the number of species grown during the past 600 million years? Does habitat diversity support species diversity, or is it the other way around? What reduces diversity in ecologically productive places? At what scales of space and time do diversity patterns hold? Do the mechanisms that produce them vary with scale? This book examines these questions and many others, by employing both theory and data in the search for answers. Surprisingly, many of the questions have reasonably likely answers. By identifying these, attention can be turned toward life's many, still-unexplained diversity patterns. As evolutionary ecologists race to understand biodiversity before it is too late, this book will help set the agenda for diversity research into the next century. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)574.524Natural sciences and mathematics Life Sciences, Biology Biology EcologyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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