Biological diversity : the coexistence of species on changing landscapes /
Michael A. Huston.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1994
- xix, 681 pages ; 23 cm
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.