Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and DiversityMichael E. Soulé |
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... relatively long - range juvenile dispersal - are unlikely to suffer from the F and A vortices . Usually their total population sizes and their rates of gene flow are great enough to avoid the loss of genetic variation . Besides , their ...
... relatively long - range juvenile dispersal - are unlikely to suffer from the F and A vortices . Usually their total population sizes and their rates of gene flow are great enough to avoid the loss of genetic variation . Besides , their ...
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... relatively species - poor because of species losses fol- lowing habitat fragmentation . Treating fragmented habitats as is- lands is certainly not a new idea in conservation biology , but I suspect we can push the “ habitat fragments as ...
... relatively species - poor because of species losses fol- lowing habitat fragmentation . Treating fragmented habitats as is- lands is certainly not a new idea in conservation biology , but I suspect we can push the “ habitat fragments as ...
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... relatively constant ( al- though not necessarily uniform ) , a high level of dynamic stability can persist within a narrow amplitude of environmental fluctuations . We should not suppose , however , that stability is interrelated with ...
... relatively constant ( al- though not necessarily uniform ) , a high level of dynamic stability can persist within a narrow amplitude of environmental fluctuations . We should not suppose , however , that stability is interrelated with ...
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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