Biodiversity and extinction
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"This is the second volume from the In the Light of Evolution series, based on a series of Arthur M. Sackler colloquia, and designed to promote the evolutionary sciences. Each installment explores evolutionary perspectives on a particular biological topic that is scientifically intriguing but also has special relevance to contemporary societal issues or challenges. Individually and collectively, the ILE series aims to interpret phenomena in various areas of biology through the lens of evolution…
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- Full title :Biodiversity and extinction / John C. Avise, Stephen P. Hubbell, and Francisco J. Ayala, editors.
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"This is the second volume from the In the Light of Evolution series, based on a series of Arthur M. Sackler colloquia, and designed to promote the evolutionary sciences. Each installment explores evolutionary perspectives on a particular biological topic that is scientifically intriguing but also has special relevance to contemporary societal issues or challenges. Individually and collectively, the ILE series aims to interpret phenomena in various areas of biology through the lens of evolution, address some of the most intellectually engaging as well as pragmatically important societal issues of our times, and foster a greater appreciation of evolutionary biology as a consolidating foundation for the life sciences."--
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- Publication Date:©2008
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- Publisher(s):National Academies Press
- Place of Publication:Washington, D.C
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2008
Notes
Title from home page (viewed July 29, 2011).
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xviii, 414 pages) : : illustrations (some color)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780309127448, 0309127440
- oclc:ocn743313379
- LC Classification:QH359
- Dewey Decimal:575
Table of Contents
Part I. Contemporary patterns and processes in animals. Ecological extinction and evolution in the brave new ocean / Jeremy B.C. Jackson -- Are we in the midst of the sixth great extinction? : a view from the world of amphibians / David B. Wake and Vance T. Vredenburg -- Patterns of biodiversity and endemism on Indo-West Pacific coral reefs / Marjorie L. Reaka, Paula J. Rogers, and Alexei U. Kudla -- Homage to Linnaeus : how many parasites? How many hosts? / Andy Dobson, Kevin D. Lafferty, Armand M. Kuris, Ryan F. Hechinger, and Walter Jetz -- Part II. Contemporary patterns and processes in plants and microbes. Species invasions and extinction : the future of native biodiversity on islands / Dov F. Sax and Steven D. Gaines -- How many tree species are there in the Amazon and how many of them will go extinct? / Stephen P. Hubbell, Fangliang He, Richard Condit, Luis Borda-de-Água, James Kellner and Hans Ter Steege -- Microbes on mountainsides : contrasting elevational patterns of bacterial and plant diversity / Jessica A. Bryant, Christine Lamanna, Hélène Morlon, Andrew J. Kerkhoff, Brian J. Enquist, and Jessica L. Green -- Resistance, resilience, and redundancy in microbial communi…
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