LEADER 04375nam 22007212 450 001 9910815284403321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-107-16588-1 010 $a1-280-81554-X 010 $a0-511-27533-1 010 $a9786610815548 010 $a0-511-27463-7 010 $a0-511-27307-X 010 $a0-511-32133-3 010 $a0-511-61871-9 010 $a0-511-27386-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000352383 035 $a(EBL)288633 035 $a(OCoLC)171125691 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000300580 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11263287 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000300580 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10258899 035 $a(PQKB)11166112 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511618710 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL288633 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10167721 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL81554 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC288633 035 $a(PPN)261311468 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000352383 100 $a20090915d2007|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIsland colonization $ethe origin and development of island communities /$fIan Thornton ; edited by Tim New$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2007. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 287 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aEcological reviews 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-67106-X 311 $a0-521-85484-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Editorial preface; Acknowledgements; PART I Theoretical and experimental studies; CHAPTER ONE Introduction; CHAPTER TWO Theoretical and experimental colonization; PART II Natural recolonization after devastation; CHAPTER THREE A clean slate?; CHAPTER FOUR Life returns: primary colonization of devastated surfaces; PART III The recolonization of devastated islands; Islands as areas for the study of community assembly; Organic flotsam; CHAPTER FIVE Recovering island biotas: Volcano and Ba?rcena 327 $aCHAPTER SIX Thera, Santorini Group, MediterraneanCHAPTER SEVEN Long and Ritter Islands, Bismarck Sea; CHAPTER EIGHT Krakatau, Sunda Strait; PART IV Assembly of biotas on new islands; Starting points; CHAPTER NINE Lake Wisdom: a new island of fresh water; CHAPTER TEN New islands in the sea; CHAPTER ELEVEN Anak Krakatau, Krakatau's child, b. 1933; CHAPTER TWELVE Surtsey, Island of Surtur, b. 1963; CHAPTER THIRTEEN Motmot: an emergent island in fresh water; PART V Colonization and assembly; CHAPTER FOURTEEN Dispersal; CHAPTER FIFTEEN Stepping stone islands: the case of Sebesi 327 $aCHAPTER SIXTEEN Learning from nature's lessonsReferences; Index 330 $aNew or recently sterilized islands (for example through volcanic activity), provide ecologists with natural experiments in which to study colonization, development and establishment of new biological communities. Studies carried out on islands like this have provided answers to fundamental questions as to what general principles are involved in the ecology of communities and what processes underlie and maintain the basic structure of ecosystems. These studies are vital for conservation biology, especially when evolutionary processes need to be maintained in systems in order to maintain biodiversity. The major themes are how animal and plant communities establish, particularly on 'new land' or following extirpations by volcanic activity. This book comprises a broad review of island colonization, bringing together succession models and general principles, case studies with which Professor Ian Thornton was intimately involved, and a synthesis of ideas, concluding with a look to the future for similar studies. 410 0$aEcological reviews. 606 $aIsland ecology 606 $aIsland biological invasions 615 0$aIsland ecology. 615 0$aIsland biological invasions. 676 $a577.5/2 700 $aThornton$b I. W. B$g(Ian W. B.),$0626765 702 $aNew$b T. R. 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815284403321 996 $aIsland colonization$91216699 997 $aUNINA