LEADER 03711nam 22005055 450 001 9910154285003321 005 20200424112023.0 010 $a0-226-40658-X 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226406589 035 $a(CKB)4340000000022389 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4761018 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001600389 035 $a(DE-B1597)524139 035 $a(OCoLC)965542095 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226406589 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000022389 100 $a20200424h20162016 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aMessages from Islands $eA Global Biodiversity Tour /$fIlkka Hanski 210 1$aChicago : $cUniversity of Chicago Press, $d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (268 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2016. 311 $a0-226-40630-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $t1. Biodiversity: Species and Where They Live -- $t2. How Is Biodiversity Generated? -- $t3. Changing Biodiversity -- $t4. Species on the Move -- $t5. Habitat Loss and Fragmentation -- $t6. Why Is Biodiversity Important? -- $tEpilogue -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aFrom a small island in the Baltic Sea to the large tropical islands of Borneo and Madagascar, Messages from Islands is a global tour of these natural, water-bound laboratories. In this career-spanning work, Ilkka Hanski draws upon the many islands on which he performed fieldwork to convey key themes in ecology. By exploring the islands' biodiversity as an introduction to general issues, Hanski helps us to learn how species and communities interact in fragmented landscapes, how evolution generates biodiversity, and how this biodiversity is maintained over time. Beginning each chapter on a particular island, Hanski dives into reflections on his own field studies before going on to pursue a variety of ecological questions, including: What is the biodiversity crisis? What are extinction thresholds and extinction debts? What can the biodiversity hypothesis tell us about rapidly increasing allergies, asthma, and other chronic inflammatory disorders? The world's largest island, Greenland, for instance, is the starting point for a journey into the benefits that humankind acquires from biodiversity, including the staggering biodiversity of microbes in the ecosystems that are closest to us-the ecosystems in our guts, in our respiratory tracts, and under our skin. Conceptually oriented but grounded in an adventurous personal narrative, Messages from Islands is a landmark work that lifts the natural mysteries of islands from the sea, bringing to light the thrilling complexities and connections of ecosystems worldwide. 606 $aBiodiversity 606 $aIsland ecology 610 $aecology, evolution, baltic sea, large tropical islands, borneo, madagascar, fieldwork, island biodiversity, biology, natural sciences, species, wildlife, fragmented landscapes, field studies, ecological questions, environment, conservation, environmentalism, environmental issues, extinction thresholds, allergies, asthma, chronic inflammatory disorders, greenland, ecosystems, respiratory tracts, personal narrative, habitat loss. 615 0$aBiodiversity. 615 0$aIsland ecology. 676 $a577.52 686 $aWI 2000$2rvk 700 $aHanski$b Ilkka, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0954611 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154285003321 996 $aMessages from Islands$92281102 997 $aUNINA