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Biological diversity : the coexistence of species on changing landscapes / Michael A. Huston.

By: Huston, Michael A. (Michael Alan).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1994 (1996)Description: xix, 681 pages ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0521369304 ; 0521360935 .Subject(s): Species diversity | Biological diversityDDC classification: 577
Contents:
Introduction -- Part One Raw material and tools: General patterns of species diversity -- The assessment of species diversity -- Part Two Theories of species diversity: Equilibrium processes and landscape-scale diversity -- Non-equilibrium processes and local diversity -- Part Three Mechanisms that regulate diversity at various spatial and temporal scales: Diversity within populations -- The structure of communities and ecosystems -- Landscape patterns: disturbance and diversity -- Landscape patterns: succession and temporal change -- Landscape patterns: gradients and zonation -- Part Four Case studies: patterns and hypotheses: Case studies: endemism and invasions -- Case studies: species diversity in marine ecosystems -- Case studies: species diversity in fire-influenced ecosystems -- Case studies: species diversity in tropical rain forests -- Concluding comments: the economics of biological diversity.
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The key to preserving and managing biodiversity is understanding which processes are important at different scales, and how changes affect different components of biodiversity. In this book, existing theories on diversity are synthesised into a logical framework. Global and landscape-scale patterns of biodiversity are described in the first section. In the second, the spatial and temporal dynamics of diversity are emphasised. The third section develops an integrated set of mechanistic explanations for diversity patterns at the levels of population, community, ecosystem and landscape. Finally, case studies examine diversity patterns in marine and terrestrial ecosystems and the effects of biological invasions. The book concludes with a discussion of the economics of preserving biological diversity. This book will interest research workers and students of ecology, biology and conservation.

Bibliography: p. 571- 669. - Includes index.

Introduction -- Part One Raw material and tools: General patterns of species diversity -- The assessment of species diversity -- Part Two Theories of species diversity: Equilibrium processes and landscape-scale diversity -- Non-equilibrium processes and local diversity -- Part Three Mechanisms that regulate diversity at various spatial and temporal scales: Diversity within populations -- The structure of communities and ecosystems -- Landscape patterns: disturbance and diversity -- Landscape patterns: succession and temporal change -- Landscape patterns: gradients and zonation -- Part Four Case studies: patterns and hypotheses: Case studies: endemism and invasions -- Case studies: species diversity in marine ecosystems -- Case studies: species diversity in fire-influenced ecosystems -- Case studies: species diversity in tropical rain forests -- Concluding comments: the economics of biological diversity.

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  • Preface
  • 1 Enzyme preparations
  • 2 Flavouring agent
  • 3 Food colours
  • 4 Miscellaneous food additives
  • Anneses

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CHOICE Review

Ecologists, conservationists, and others interested in patterns of species richness (diversity) would greatly benefit from reading this book, a monumental tome (text, 570 pages; literature references, 100 pages) and a timely and important contribution summarizing empirical findings and theoretical underpinnings concerning variation in the diversity of life on earth. Beginning with chapters on patterns of biological diversity and measurement of species richness (equal in substance to other recently published books), Huston provides sections on theory and mechanisms influencing patterns, including a valuable chapter on endemism and invasive species. The book concludes with case studies of terrestrial and marine ecosystems focusing at the landscape scale. The book should be required reading for graduate-level courses in ecology and would greatly enhance the knowledge of those working in the conservation of biodiversity. An essential acquisition for academic libraries. Upper-division undergraduate through professional. M. A. Colwell; Humboldt State University

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Julie Stafford is the highly acclaimed author of the bestselling Taste of Life cookbooks, which have sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide. When her husband, Bruce, was diagnosed as having cancer, Julie became vitally interested in the relationship between diet and disease. She modified her favorite recipes and invented new ones that were low in fat and cholesterol, had no added sugar or salt, were high in fiber, and tasted delicious. Publication of her first Taste of Life cookbook followed Bruce's remarkable remission.

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