Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and DiversityMichael E. Soulé |
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... patches in southern Africa . Five census sites are ranked from the smallest and most isolated patch at left through increasingly larger and less isolated patches to the right . Patch size and isolation correlates with bird a - diversity ...
... patches in southern Africa . Five census sites are ranked from the smallest and most isolated patch at left through increasingly larger and less isolated patches to the right . Patch size and isolation correlates with bird a - diversity ...
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... patches of epithelial cells on the skin of the earth . The health of these patches depends on , among other things , what happens at their edges and the distance between the periphery and the core . In general , the smaller the ratio of ...
... patches of epithelial cells on the skin of the earth . The health of these patches depends on , among other things , what happens at their edges and the distance between the periphery and the core . In general , the smaller the ratio of ...
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... patches of smaller total area , isolated from each other by a matrix of habitats unlike the original . When the landscape surrounding the fragments is inhospitable to species of the original habitat , and when dispersal is low , remnant ...
... patches of smaller total area , isolated from each other by a matrix of habitats unlike the original . When the landscape surrounding the fragments is inhospitable to species of the original habitat , and when dispersal is low , remnant ...
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