Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and DiversityMichael E. Soulé |
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Page 154
... taxa may be " en- demic " to a continent or subcontinent ; at the opposite extreme , many plant species appear to be naturally restricted to areas as small as a few square kilometers . Some endemics , called paleoendemics , were ...
... taxa may be " en- demic " to a continent or subcontinent ; at the opposite extreme , many plant species appear to be naturally restricted to areas as small as a few square kilometers . Some endemics , called paleoendemics , were ...
Page 168
... taxa that are predominantly canopy trees and lianas and that , without exception , have Amazonian distributional and diversity cen- ters ; or ( 2 ) taxa that are predominantly epiphytes , shrubs , or herbs and have fundamentally extra ...
... taxa that are predominantly canopy trees and lianas and that , without exception , have Amazonian distributional and diversity cen- ters ; or ( 2 ) taxa that are predominantly epiphytes , shrubs , or herbs and have fundamentally extra ...
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... taxa , on the other hand , is almost the mirror image of that of predominantly can- opy taxa . Most of these taxa are concentrated in the northern Andes ( 27 percent ) and Central America , especially southern Central Amer- ica ( 22 ...
... taxa , on the other hand , is almost the mirror image of that of predominantly can- opy taxa . Most of these taxa are concentrated in the northern Andes ( 27 percent ) and Central America , especially southern Central Amer- ica ( 22 ...
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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