Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and DiversityMichael E. Soulé |
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... effects , and regional drying as a result of deforestation or de- sertization ) , or agents through the atmosphere ( e.g. , radiation , which is increasing as a result of ozone depletion ) . The spatial scale of these effects varies ...
... effects , and regional drying as a result of deforestation or de- sertization ) , or agents through the atmosphere ( e.g. , radiation , which is increasing as a result of ozone depletion ) . The spatial scale of these effects varies ...
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... effects , fragmentation produces a third kind of impact . This is the " distance effect . " As employed in island ... effects has in- creased by an order of magnitude . As indicated in Chapter 12 ( Lovejoy et al . ) , it is also becoming ...
... effects , fragmentation produces a third kind of impact . This is the " distance effect . " As employed in island ... effects has in- creased by an order of magnitude . As indicated in Chapter 12 ( Lovejoy et al . ) , it is also becoming ...
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... effects of a parasite can multiply its effects on fitness , and also because of the threshold nature of many disease processes , as described by Dobson and May in Chapter 16. As they suggest , the consequences may also include the ...
... effects of a parasite can multiply its effects on fitness , and also because of the threshold nature of many disease processes , as described by Dobson and May in Chapter 16. As they suggest , the consequences may also include the ...
Contents
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