Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and DiversityMichael E. Soulé |
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... rarity are synonyms for " everything " in ecology . If ecol- ogists can explain and predict the patterns of diversity and rarity in communities , it means that they have understood the distribution and abundance patterns of their ...
... rarity are synonyms for " everything " in ecology . If ecol- ogists can explain and predict the patterns of diversity and rarity in communities , it means that they have understood the distribution and abundance patterns of their ...
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... rarity and environmental scale . Rarity type Rare within habitat Geographic scale Habitat patches Localities Regions Continents Worlds 4a 1 4 24 1 2 Habitat specialist Endemics Regeneration or 4 1 successional specialist Trophic or life ...
... rarity and environmental scale . Rarity type Rare within habitat Geographic scale Habitat patches Localities Regions Continents Worlds 4a 1 4 24 1 2 Habitat specialist Endemics Regeneration or 4 1 successional specialist Trophic or life ...
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... Rarity may seem at first glance a straightforward notion . To conser- vationists it signals species at risk and in ... rarity is caused by humans . Main ( 1982 ) introduced several different and useful categories of rarity , and his ...
... Rarity may seem at first glance a straightforward notion . To conser- vationists it signals species at risk and in ... rarity is caused by humans . Main ( 1982 ) introduced several different and useful categories of rarity , and his ...
Contents
Conservation Biology and the Real World | 1 |
The Fitness and Viability of Populations 13 | 13 |
Processes of Species | 19 |
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a-diversity abundance Africa alleles animals Barro Colorado Barro Colorado Island bats biological biologists bird species breeding caves Chapter climate coadaptation communities conservation biology crop density dispersal distribution disturbance ecological ecosystem edge effects endemic environmental example extinction fauna Figure flora fragmentation frugivores fynbos genes genetic load genetic variation genic diversity Gentry geographic growth Guinea habitat specificity heliophiles heterosis heterozygosity heterozygous homozygotes Houérou Hubbell and Foster human inbreeding inbreeding depression increase individuals insect interactions introduced species Irian Jaya islands isolated km² levels loci males mammals mangrove mating natural number of species nutrients occur outbreeding depression overdominance patches patterns percent plant species pops population population densities predators problems range rare species rarity reef regeneration regions relatively reserves result season soil Soulé studies Table taxa Terborgh tion tree species troglobites tropical forests variability vegetation vertebrates zone Ꮴ Ꮴ Ꮴ