Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and DiversityMichael E. Soulé |
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... abundance curve for all free - standing woody plants of 1 cm dbh or larger in the 50 - ha plot . Abundance categories are in octaves of abundance ( individuals per species ) , shown in units of log base 2. The lognor- mal distribution ...
... abundance curve for all free - standing woody plants of 1 cm dbh or larger in the 50 - ha plot . Abundance categories are in octaves of abundance ( individuals per species ) , shown in units of log base 2. The lognor- mal distribution ...
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... abundance but restricted habitat are the most abundant class of species in the British flora . On local spatial scales such as the Barro Colorado Island forest plot , however , one might expect a strong correlation between total abundance ...
... abundance but restricted habitat are the most abundant class of species in the British flora . On local spatial scales such as the Barro Colorado Island forest plot , however , one might expect a strong correlation between total abundance ...
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... abundance observed in the snowshoe hare in Canada and North America . Here both a trichostrongyle nematode and several other macroparasite species may be important in manip- ulating host fecundity and abundance ( Boughton , 1932 ...
... abundance observed in the snowshoe hare in Canada and North America . Here both a trichostrongyle nematode and several other macroparasite species may be important in manip- ulating host fecundity and abundance ( Boughton , 1932 ...
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Conservation Biology and the Real World | 1 |
The Fitness and Viability of Populations 13 | 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 endemic environmental example extinction fauna Figure flora fragmentation frugivores fynbos genes genetic load genetic variation genic diversity Gentry geographic 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 levels 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 range rare species rarity reef regeneration regions relatively reserves result season soil Soulé studies Table taxa Terborgh tion tree species troglobites tropical forests variability vegetation vertebrates zone Ꮴ Ꮴ Ꮴ