The unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography /

Despite its supreme importance and the threat of its global crash, biodiversity remains poorly understood both empirically and theoretically. This ambitious book presents a new, general neutral theory to explain the origin, maintenance, and loss of biodiversity in a biogeographic context. Until now...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hubbell, Stephen P., 1942-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Series:Monographs in population biology ; 32.
Subjects:
Biodiversity.
Biogeography.
Biodiversity
Biodiversité.
Biogéographie.
SCIENCE > Microscopes & Microscopy.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
Biogeografie
Biodiversität
Biodiversiteit.
Biogeografie.
Biodiversidade.
Biogeografia.
Biodiversité
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. MacArthur and Wilson's Radical Theory
  • 2. On Current Theories of Relative Species Abundance
  • 3. Dynamical Models of the Relative Abundance of Species
  • 4. Local Community Dynamics under Ecological Drift
  • 5. Metacommunity Dynamics and the Unified Theory
  • 6. The Unified Theory and Dynamical Species-Area Relationships
  • 7. Metapopulations and Biodiversity on the Metacommunity Landscape
  • 8. Speciation, Phylogeny, and the Evolution of Metacommunity Biodiversity
  • 9. Sampling, Parameter Estimation, and the Generality of the Unified Theory
  • 10. Reconciling Dispersal-Assembly and Niche-Assembly Theories.

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