Island biogeography [[electronic resource] ] : ecology, evolution, and conservation / / Robert J. Whittaker, and José María Fernández-Palacios

• Autore: Whittaker Robert J
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (416 p.)
• Disciplina: 578.75/2
• Soggetto topico: Island ecology; Evolution (Biology); Conservation biology; Biogeography; Human ecology
• Altri autori: Fernández-PalaciosJosé María <1953->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-381) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A 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 devoted
• Titolo autorizzato: Island biogeography
• ISBN: 1-383-02951-2; 1-281-93071-7; 9786611930714; 0-19-152416-6; 1-4356-0595-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808610503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford biology.