04687nam 2200913Ia 450 991078366710332120200520144314.01-282-35902-91-4237-8967-997866123590260-520-93272-21-60129-381-X10.1525/9780520932722(CKB)1000000000246850(EBL)265548(OCoLC)475990122(SSID)ssj0000222435(PQKBManifestationID)11191471(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000222435(PQKBWorkID)10170014(PQKB)11686205(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055806(OCoLC)647502895(MiAaPQ)EBC265548(OCoLC)70700711(MdBmJHUP)muse30547(DE-B1597)520717(OCoLC)1096476382(DE-B1597)9780520932722(Au-PeEL)EBL265548(CaPaEBR)ebr10129010(CaONFJC)MIL235902(EXLCZ)99100000000024685020051228d2006 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPlants on islands[electronic resource] diversity and dynamics on a continental archipelago /Martin L. CodyBerkeley, Calif. University of California Pressc20061 online resource (280 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-33810-3 0-520-24729-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction -- 2. Islands in Barkley Sound, British Columbia -- 3. Island biogeography : concepts, theory, and data -- 4. Species number, island area, and isolation -- 5. Nestedness and assembly rules -- 6. Species turnover in space and time -- 7. Dispersal syndromes, incidence, and dynamics -- 8. Ecological and evolutionary shifts on continental islands -- 9. Synopsis : lessons from a continental archipelago.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 plantsBritish ColumbiaBarkley Sound RegionPlant communitiesBritish ColumbiaBarkley Sound RegionVegetation dynamicsBritish ColumbiaBarkley Sound RegionPhytogeographyBritish ColumbiaBarkley Sound RegionPlant ecologyBritish ColumbiaBarkley Sound Regionbarkley 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.Island plantsPlant communitiesVegetation dynamicsPhytogeographyPlant ecology581.7/5209711Cody Martin L.1941-1535547MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783667103321Plants on islands3783851UNINA