Biodiversity : a biology of numbers and difference / edited by Kevin J. Gaston
- Bib ID:
- 1130918
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- Cambridge, MA : Blackwell Science, 1996
- x, 396 p., [4] p. of plates : ill., maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0865428042
- Full contents:
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- 1. What is biodiversity? / Kevin J. Gaston
- 2. The genetics of biological diversity: from varieties to species / James Mallet
- 3. Comparing character diversity among biotas / Paul H. Williams and Chris J. Humphries
- 4. Species richness: measure and measurement / Kevin J. Gaston
- 5. Defining and measuring functional aspects of biodiversity / Neo D. Martinez
- 6. Diversity and higher levels of organization / James A. Drake, Chad L. Hewitt, Gary R. Huxel and Jurek Kolasa
- 7. Spatial and temporal patterns of genetic diversity within species / Bruno Baur and Bernhard Schmid
- 8. Spatial patterns in taxonomic diversity / Kevin J. Gaston and Paul H. Williams
- 9. Temporal changes in biodiversity: detecting patterns and identifying causes / Sean Nee, Timothy G. Barraclough and Paul H. Harvey
- 10. Spatial and temporal patterns in functional diversity? / Scott L. Collins and Tracy L. Benning.
- 11. Does biodiversity matter? Evaluating the case for conserving species / William E. Kunin and John H. Lawton
- 12. Identifying priorities for the conservation of biodiversity: systematic biological criteria within a socio-political framework / R. I. Vane-Wright
- 13. Managing biodiversity / Madhav Gadgil
- 14. Biodiversity and global change / Rik Leemans.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Gaston, Kevin J
- Copyright:
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