02918nam 2200721 a 450 991080861050332120230721031759.01-383-02951-21-281-93071-797866119307140-19-152416-61-4356-0595-0(CKB)1000000000479358(EBL)415455(OCoLC)476242519(SSID)ssj0000184183(PQKBManifestationID)11174815(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000184183(PQKBWorkID)10199753(PQKB)10490391(Au-PeEL)EBL415455(CaPaEBR)ebr10272951(CaONFJC)MIL193071(MiAaPQ)EBC415455(EXLCZ)99100000000047935820060821d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIsland biogeography[electronic resource] ecology, evolution, and conservation /Robert J. Whittaker, and José María Fernández-Palacios2nd ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20071 online resource (416 p.)Oxford biologyDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-856611-5 0-19-856612-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-381) and index.Preface and acknowledgements; Contents; Part I: Islands as Natural Laboratories; Part II: Island Ecology; Part III: Island Evolution; Part IV: Islands and Conservation; Glossary; References; IndexA definitive review of the island literature, explaining how islands have been used as natural laboratories in developing and testing ecological and evolutionary theories. - ;Island biogeography is the study of the distribution and dynamics of species in island environments. Due to their isolation from more widespread continental species, islands are ideal places for unique species to evolve, but they are also places of concentrated extinction. Not surprisingly, they are widely studied by ecologists, conservationists and evolutionary biologists alike. There is no other recent textbook devotedOxford biology.Island ecologyEvolution (Biology)Conservation biologyBiogeographyHuman ecologyIsland ecology.Evolution (Biology)Conservation biology.Biogeography.Human ecology.578.75/2Whittaker Robert J275939Fernández-Palacios José María1953-738608MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808610503321Island biogeography1462979UNINA