03272cam a2200481 a 4500 14510010 BR-ReIFE 20230804104150.0 060821s2007 enka b 001 0 eng 2006027562 GBA678068 bnb 013552035 Uk 0198566123 (pbk) 9780198566120 (pbk) 0198566115 (hbk) 9780198566113 (hbk) (OCoLC)ocm71044739 (OCoLC)71044739 DLC DLC BAKER UKM YDXCP BWKUK DLC QH541.5.I8 W48 2007 578.75/2 22 W624i Whittaker, Robert J. 1959- 11245 Island biogeography : ecology, evolution, and conservation / Robert J. Whittaker, and José María Fernández-Palacios. 2nd ed. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. xii, 401 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Oxford biology Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-381) and index. Island biogeography is the study of the distribution and dynamics of species in island environments. Due to their isolation from more widespread continental species, islands are ideal places for unique species to evolve, but they are also places of concentrated extinction. Not surprisingly, they are widely studied by ecologists, conservationists and evolutionary biologists alike. There is no other recent textbook devoted solely to island biogeography, and a synthesis of the many recent advances is now overdue. This second edition builds on the success and reputation of the first, documenting the recent advances in this exciting field and explaining how islands have been used as natural laboratories in developing and testing ecological and evolutionary theories. In addition, the book describes the main processes of island formation, development and eventual demise, and explains the relevance of island environmental history to island biogeography. The authors demonstrate the huge significance of islands as hotspots of biodiversity, and as places from which disproportionate numbers of species have been extinguished by human action in historical time. Many island species are today threatened with extinction, and this work examines both the chief threats to their persistence and some of the mitigation measures that can be put in play with conservation strategies tailored to islands. Island ecology 11241 Evolution (Biology) 11242 Conservation biology 11243 Biogeography 11244 Human ecology. 2877 Fernández-Palacios, José María, 1953- 11246 Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0619/2006027562.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2006027562-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2006027562-d.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc LV 37683 37683