Biological diversity : the coexistence of species on changing landscapes / Michael A. Huston.
By: Huston, Michael A. (Michael Alan).
Material type: BookPublisher: 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: 577Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 577 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00068115 |
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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