Species Diversity in Ecological Communities: Historical and Geographical Perspec

Description: Species Diversity in Ecological Communities by Robert E. Ricklefs, Dolph Schluter Looks at biodiversity in its broadest geographical and historical contexts. The authors use new theoretical developments, analyses and case studies to explore the large-scale mechanisms that generate and maintain diversity. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A pioneering work, Species Diversity in Ecological Communities looks at biodiversity in its broadest geographical and historical contexts. For many decades, ecologists have studied only small areas over short time spans in the belief that diversity is regulated by local ecological interactions. However, to understand fully how communities come to have the diversity they do, and to properly address urgent conservation problems, scientists must consider global patterns of species richness and the historical events that shape both regional and local communities. The authors use new theoretical developments, analyses, and case studies to explore the large-scale mechanisms that generate and maintain diversity. Case studies of various regions and organisms consider how local and regional processes interact to determine patterns of species richness. The contributors emphasize the fact that ecological processes acting quickly on a local scale do not erase the effects of regional and historical events that occur more slowly and less frequently. This book compels scientists to rethink the foundations of community ecology and sets the stage for further research using comparative, experimental, geographical, and historical data. Table of Contents 1 Species Diversity: Introduction to the Problem, Dolph Schluter and Robert E. Ricklefs Part I Local Patterns and Processes 2 The Maintenance of Species Richness in Plant Communities, David Tilman and Stephen Pacala 3 Environment and Trophodiversity, Peter Yodzis 4 Structure of Intertidal Assemblages in Different Locations: How Can Local Process be Compared?, Anthony J. Underwood and Peter Petraitis 5 How are Diversity and Productivity Related?, Michael L. Rosenzweig and Zvika Abramsky 6 Energy Supply and Patterns of Species Richness on Local and Regional Scales, David H. Wright, David J. Currie, and Brian A. Maurer Part II Coexistence at the Mesoscale 7 Ecology at the Mesoscale: The Influence of Regional Processes on Local Communities, Robert D. Holt 8 Species Interactions in Space, John F. McLaughlin and Jonathan Roughgarden 9 Local and Regional Regulation of Species-Area Relations: A patch-Occupancy Model, Hal Caswell and Joel E. Cohen 10 Three Explanations of the Positive Relationship between Distribution and Abundance of Species, Ilkka Hanski, Jari Kouki, and Antti Halkka 11 Experimental Biogeography: Interactions between Stochastic, Historical, and Ecological Processes in a Model Archipelago, Daniel Haydon, Ray R. Radtkey, and Eric R. Pianka Part III Regional Perspectives 12 Space, Time, and Man as Determinants of Diversity of Birds and Mammals in the Mediterranean Region, Jacques Blondel and Jean-Denis Vigne 13 Bird Diversity Components within and between Habitats in Australia, Martin L. Cody 14 Determinants of Diversity in Animal Communities of Arid Australia, Stephen R. Morton 15 Biodiversity in Australia Compared with Other Continents, Mark Westoby 16 Patterns of Diversity for the Insect Herbivores on Bracken, John H. Lawton, Thomas M. Lewinsohn, and Stephen G. Compton 17 Community Richness in Parasites of Some Freshwater Fishes from North America, John M. Aho and Albert O. Bush 18 Evidence for the Influence of Historical Processes in Co-occurrence and Diversity of Tiger Beetle Species, David L. Pearson and Steven A. Juliano 19 Pelagic Diversity Patterns, John A. McGowan and Patricia W. Walker 20 Global Patterns of Diversity in Mangrove Floras, Robert E. Ricklefs and Roger Earl Latham 21 Convergence and the Regional Component of Species Diversity, Dolph Schluter and Robert E. Ricklefs 22 Unsaturated Patters in Species Assemblages: The Role of Regional Processes in Setting Local Species Richness, Howard V. Cornell Part IV Historical and Phylogenetic Perspectives 23 Phylogenetic Determinants of Insect/Plant Community Diversity, Brian D. Farrell and Charles Mitter 24 Historical Ecology: Examining Phylogenetic Components of Community Evolution, Daniel R. Brooks and Deborah McLennan 25 Phylogenetic Patterns, Biogeography, and the Ecological Structure of Neotropical Snake Assemblages, John E. Cadle and Harry W. Greene 26 Continental Comparisons of Temperate-Zone Tree Species Diversity, Roger Earl latham and Robert E. Ricklefs 27 The Phanerozoic Evolution of Reef Diversity, Erle G. Kauffman and J. Al Fagerstrom 28 Historical Diversity Patterns in North America large Herbivores and Carnivores, Blaire Van Valkenburgh and Christine M. Janis 29 Fossil Communities: Compositional Variation at Many Time Scales, James W. Valentine and David Jablonski 30 Species Diversity: Regional and Historical Influences, Robert E. Ricklefs and Dolph Schluter Details ISBN0226718239 Short Title SPECIES DIVERSITY IN ECOLOGICA Pages 414 Language English Edition 2nd ISBN-10 0226718239 ISBN-13 9780226718231 Media Book Format Paperback Illustrations Yes Year 1994 Imprint University of Chicago Press Subtitle Historical and Geographical Perspectives Place of Publication Chicago, IL Country of Publication United States Edited by Robert E. Ricklefs Author Dolph Schluter DOI 10.1604/9780226718231 UK Release Date 1994-02-17 AU Release Date 1994-02-17 NZ Release Date 1994-02-17 US Release Date 1994-02-17 Publisher The University of Chicago Press Publication Date 1994-02-17 DEWEY 577.82 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161781852;

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