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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Michael E. Hochberg (Chargé de Recherche, Institute of Ecology, Chargé de Recherche, Institute of Ecology, Université Pierre et Marie Curie) , Jean Clobert (Directeur de Recherche, Institute of Ecology, Directeur de Recherche, Institute of Ecology, Université Pierre et Marie Curie) , Robert Barbault (Director, Institute of Ecology, Director, Institute of Ecology, University of Paris)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 0.627kg ISBN: 9780198548843ISBN 10: 0198548842 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 11 January 1996 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Overview of Part 1: Evolution: Patterns and Processes 1: Diversity in the past: comparing cladistic phylogenies and stratigraphy 2: What can phylogenetic patterns tell us about the evolutionary processes generating biodiversity? 3: New computer packages for analysing phylogenetic tree structure 4: Is it ancient or modern history that we can read in the genes? 5: Evolution of adaptive polymorphism in spatially heterogeneous environments Overview of Part 2: Ecology: From populations to communities to ecosystems 6: Local diversity: a problem with too many solutions 7: The population dynamics of single host - multiparasitoid interactions 8: Structural constraints on food web assembly 9: Trophic interactions, nutrient supply, and the structure of freshwater pelagic food webs 10: Linking communities and ecosystems: trophic interactions as nutrient cycling pathways Overview of Part 3: Large scale diversity patterns and conservation 11: Does climate cause the biodiversity gradient? 12: Spatial covariance in the species richness of higher taxa .n 13Biodiversity of parasites in relation to their life-cycle 14: Biodiversity value and taxonomic relatedness 15: Utilizing genetic information in plant conservation programmes 16: Essential ingredients of real metapopulations, exemplified by the butterfly Plebejus argus. IndexReviewsCarefully conceived and edited multi-authored volume ... what we are given here are the combined views of a wide range of biologists on some of the most interesting questions concerning biodiversity and approaches to answering those questions. John N. Thompson, Washington State University, Heredity, 78 This book is a unique collection of evolutionary and ecological perspectives in the study of biodiversity by some of the leading researchers in the field. Subject reviews, case-studies, and discussions of techniques are combined to produce a state-of-the-art book. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 9:1997 'It is a very professional work. The authors know their stuff,...the academic debates are fascinating, and doubtless their resolution is imporatant.' Clive Hambler, Biodiversity Letters: Vol.3, no.6, Nov.'96. 'It is a very professional work. The authors know their stuff,...the academic debates are fascinating, and doubtless their resolution is imporatant.' * Clive Hambler, Biodiversity Letters: Vol.3, no.6, Nov.'96. * This book is a unique collection of evolutionary and ecological perspectives in the study of biodiversity by some of the leading researchers in the field. Subject reviews, case-studies, and discussions of techniques are combined to produce a state-of-the-art book. * Ethology Ecology & Evolution 9:1997 * Carefully conceived and edited multi-authored volume ... what we are given here are the combined views of a wide range of biologists on some of the most interesting questions concerning biodiversity and approaches to answering those questions. * John N. Thompson, Washington State University, Heredity, 78 * Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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