Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and DiversityMichael E. Soulé |
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... first generation in the Park and emerged from their pupae . During this first generation , the carnivores that feed on them have built up from their annual low at the end of the dry season to their annual high at the end of this first ...
... first generation in the Park and emerged from their pupae . During this first generation , the carnivores that feed on them have built up from their annual low at the end of the dry season to their annual high at the end of this first ...
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... first wave has passed through . These patterns have been qualitatively observed in studies of both rabies and rinderpest ( MacDonald , 1980 ; Plowright , 1982 ) , and are predicted by other detailed models of the dynamics of rabies ...
... first wave has passed through . These patterns have been qualitatively observed in studies of both rabies and rinderpest ( MacDonald , 1980 ; Plowright , 1982 ) , and are predicted by other detailed models of the dynamics of rabies ...
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... first reservoir situated entirely in a tropical rainforest was Brokopondo Lake in Surinam , 1500 km2 , filled in 1971. It caused serious ecological problems ( Leentvaar , 1973 ) . In the Amazonian rain forest of Brazil , the first dams ...
... first reservoir situated entirely in a tropical rainforest was Brokopondo Lake in Surinam , 1500 km2 , filled in 1971. It caused serious ecological problems ( Leentvaar , 1973 ) . In the Amazonian rain forest of Brazil , the first dams ...
Contents
Conservation Biology and the Real World | 1 |
The Fitness and Viability of Populations | 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 environmental example extinction fauna Figure flora fragmentation frugivores fynbos genes genetic load genetic variation genic diversity Gentry geographic groups 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 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 production range rare species rarity reduced reef regeneration regions relatively reserves result season soil Soulé studies Table taxa Terborgh tion tree species troglobites tropical forests variability vegetation vertebrates zone