Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and DiversityMichael E. Soulé |
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... season ( Janzen , 1984a and in press ) , and it is clear that they interface with many points in the Park's ecosystem . There are at least 40 species that appear to have the following life history . At the begin- ning of the rainy season ...
... season ( Janzen , 1984a and in press ) , and it is clear that they interface with many points in the Park's ecosystem . There are at least 40 species that appear to have the following life history . At the begin- ning of the rainy season ...
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... season and the first half of the six - month dry season blew across the top of this canopy and the shaded soil remained relatively moist for at least the first several months of the dry season . The oaks drop their acorns during the ...
... season and the first half of the six - month dry season blew across the top of this canopy and the shaded soil remained relatively moist for at least the first several months of the dry season . The oaks drop their acorns during the ...
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... season . Its neighboring adult conspecifics are 5 to 50 m away ; the intervening area is filled with vegetation that ranges from a 1-2 m stand of jaragua to closed - canopy forest understory . It obtains enough pollen to set a crop of ...
... season . Its neighboring adult conspecifics are 5 to 50 m away ; the intervening area is filled with vegetation that ranges from a 1-2 m stand of jaragua to closed - canopy forest understory . It obtains enough pollen to set a crop 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