| Description |
xx, 436 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-421) and index. |
| Contents |
The road ahead -- Patterns in space -- Patterns in time -- Dimensionless patterns -- Speciation -- Extinction -- Coevolution of habitat diversity and species diversity -- Species--area curves: the classical patterns -- Species--area curves: large issues -- Paleobiological patterns -- Other patterns with dynamic roots -- Energy flow and diversity -- Diversity dynamics: a hierarchical puzzle. |
| Subject |
Species diversity.
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Species diversity. |
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Biogeography.
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Biogeography. |
| Indexed Term |
Ecology |
| ISBN |
0521499526 paperback |
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0521496187 hardcover |
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