Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and DiversityMichael E. Soulé |
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... Scientific , Oxford , pp . 24-41 . Discusses how the diversity of tree species in the Barro Colorado forest increases with area , and how forest patchiness affects the species - area relationship - both issues of importance to tropical ...
... Scientific , Oxford , pp . 24-41 . Discusses how the diversity of tree species in the Barro Colorado forest increases with area , and how forest patchiness affects the species - area relationship - both issues of importance to tropical ...
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... scientific capability for restoring disturbed ecosystems to their original condition . Environ- mental impact statements often have exhaustive inventories of indig- enous species , but I think even the most charitable ecologist would ...
... scientific capability for restoring disturbed ecosystems to their original condition . Environ- mental impact statements often have exhaustive inventories of indig- enous species , but I think even the most charitable ecologist would ...
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... scientific and others unscientific , most are neither . That is , the context is such that the distinction is irrelevant . The expression " the life of a river " may be introduced in a scientific text by using the terminology of ...
... scientific and others unscientific , most are neither . That is , the context is such that the distinction is irrelevant . The expression " the life of a river " may be introduced in a scientific text by using the terminology of ...
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