Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and DiversityMichael E. Soulé |
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... difficult to test the hypothesis of random mating using such data because of the difficulty in determining the frequency of matings between close rel- atives expected by chance . A variety of " expected " frequencies can usually be ...
... difficult to test the hypothesis of random mating using such data because of the difficulty in determining the frequency of matings between close rel- atives expected by chance . A variety of " expected " frequencies can usually be ...
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... difficult unless the seals are broken and the soil surfaces roughened artificially in order to increase water intake , storage , seed trapping , and seedling emergence and establishment . On deep , sandy soils , on the contrary ...
... difficult unless the seals are broken and the soil surfaces roughened artificially in order to increase water intake , storage , seed trapping , and seedling emergence and establishment . On deep , sandy soils , on the contrary ...
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... difficult or impossible to control . 2. Disturbances that have been occurring for a substantial period of time but were only recently detected . Examples of this are industrial discharges that were thought to be harmless to the ...
... difficult or impossible to control . 2. Disturbances that have been occurring for a substantial period of time but were only recently detected . Examples of this are industrial discharges that were thought to be harmless to the ...
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