Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and DiversityMichael E. Soulé |
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... increasing frag- mentation . More fragmented distributions increase the likelihood of local extinctions , as well as having detrimental effects on Ne . crease further the rate of local extinction , further exacerbating 30 CHAPTER TWO ...
... increasing frag- mentation . More fragmented distributions increase the likelihood of local extinctions , as well as having detrimental effects on Ne . crease further the rate of local extinction , further exacerbating 30 CHAPTER TWO ...
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... increase in tree mortality sub- sequent to isolation ( Lovejoy et al . , 1983 , 1984 ) . Data from 1983 and 1984 isolates confirm this pattern . Mortality rates of trees over 10 cm dbh in isolated 1- and 10 - ha reserves are 2.6 percent ...
... increase in tree mortality sub- sequent to isolation ( Lovejoy et al . , 1983 , 1984 ) . Data from 1983 and 1984 isolates confirm this pattern . Mortality rates of trees over 10 cm dbh in isolated 1- and 10 - ha reserves are 2.6 percent ...
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... increased to a level considerably higher than that recorded prior to isolation . The increase was due to the invasion of ... increase during the four years since isolation . In the 1984 isolates , the decrease in species numbers after ...
... increased to a level considerably higher than that recorded prior to isolation . The increase was due to the invasion of ... increase during the four years since isolation . In the 1984 isolates , the decrease in species numbers after ...
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