Conservation Biology: An Evolutionary-ecological PerspectiveMichael E. Soulé, Bruce A. Wilcox |
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... lowland avifauna on increasingly species - rich islands ( Figure 1 ) . Thus , the area needed to conserve a given ... lowland land and freshwater bird species on various Pacific islands . Ordinate : Sobs / Stot , where Sobs is the number ...
... lowland avifauna on increasingly species - rich islands ( Figure 1 ) . Thus , the area needed to conserve a given ... lowland land and freshwater bird species on various Pacific islands . Ordinate : Sobs / Stot , where Sobs is the number ...
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... lowland localities on 10 Pacific islands . The survey party con- sisted of myself and about 10 New Guinea or Solomon Island men . Five of the men constituted a team that has worked with me for years and trav- eled with me from island to ...
... lowland localities on 10 Pacific islands . The survey party con- sisted of myself and about 10 New Guinea or Solomon Island men . Five of the men constituted a team that has worked with me for years and trav- eled with me from island to ...
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... Lowlands The lowlands of New Guinea form a broad ring about the island's periphery which surrounds the mountain backbone . Most of New Guinea's approximately 325 lowland bird species are distributed , at least grossly , over most of the ...
... Lowlands The lowlands of New Guinea form a broad ring about the island's periphery which surrounds the mountain backbone . Most of New Guinea's approximately 325 lowland bird species are distributed , at least grossly , over most of the ...
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LAWRENCE E GILBERT | 11 |
JARED M DIAMOND | 57 |
BRUCE A WILCOX | 95 |
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adult Africa age class age distribution animals Barro Colorado Island behavior biological biologists biomass birds bush meat captive breeding CAPTIVE PROPAGATION changes Chapter chromosome climatic conservation biology density Diamond dispersal disturbance diversity domestic ecological ecosystems effective population size Eisenberg equation evolutionary example extinction rates faunas fecundity female Figure frugivores gene genetic genetic drift growth rate Guinea habitat harvest heliconiines herbivores heterozygosity home range important inbreeding depression increase individuals insects insular ecology isolated km² land land-bridge islands large mammals loss lowland maintained males mammals mating microhabitats mutualists National Park nature reserves neotropical number of species occur offspring percent plants Pleistocene population growth potential probably production rainfall require result sample SAN DIEGO savanna selection small populations SOCIOBIOLOGY Soulé speciation strategy studies successional survival rates Table taxa Terborgh terrestrial tion trees tropical forests tropical rain forest variance vegetation vertebrates wild wildlife zoos