Takes a close-up look at island biogeography the science of the geographic distribution of life on islands and its significance in terms of evolution and extinction... Lees meer.

Myxomycetes. Biology Systematics Biogeography and Ecology is a comprehensive overview of the body of accumulated knowledge that now exists on myxomycetes. Its broad scope takes an integrated approach to the knowledge of this organismal group considering a number of... Lees meer.

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Thirty years ago two young biologists named Robert MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson triggered a far-reaching scientific revolution. In a book titled The Theory of Island Biogeography they presented a new view of a little-understood matter. the geographical patterns in... Lees meer.

. Published by Sinauer Associates an imprint of Oxford University Press. Species invasions present significant conservation challenges but they also provide invaluable information about the functioning of natural systems. In this edited book experts from the field... Lees meer.

Compulsively readable a masterpiece maybe the masterpiece of science journalism. Bill McKibben Audubon A brilliant stirring work breathtaking in its scope and far-reaching in its message The Song of the Dodo is a crucial book in precarious times. Through persona... Lees meer.

Introduce students to the diversity embraced by the discipline of biogeography revised and updated throughout Biogeography. Space Time and Life provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of large-scale geographic distributions of life focusing on ecology e... Lees meer.

Despite its importance and the threat of its global crash biodiversity is poorly understood both empirically and theoretically. This work presents a neutral general theory to explain the origin maintenance and loss of biodiversity in a biogeographical context. Des... Lees meer.

Bringing together the viewpoints of leading experts in taxonomy ecology and biogeography of different taxa this book synthesises discussion surrounding the so-called everything is everywhere hypothesis. It addresses the processes that generate spatial patterns of di... Lees meer.

The dwarf and mouse lemurs of Madagascar are two very species-rich lemur genera yet there is a relative paucity of information on this primate family in published literature. In this first ever treatment of the Cheirogaleidae international experts are brought togethe... Lees meer.

Biogeography in the Sub-Arctic. The Past and Future of North Atlantic Biota There is no escaping the fact that the island biogeography of the North Atlantic Region is singularly peculiar. Sitting in the north of the Atlantic Ocean these islands have been subjected to... Lees meer.

Over the last decade molecular studies carried out on the Australasian biota have revealed a new world of organic structure that exists from submicroscopic to continental scale. Furthermore in studies of global biogeography and evolution DNA sequencing has shown that... Lees meer.

Quite frequently these days people talk of climate and or climatic hazards and their impacts on living things in general and human being in particular. People talk about hurricanes flooding draughtiness thunderstorm hail storm etc. Understanding of these condition... Lees meer.