Author: Warren Lambert WagnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Monograph of Schiedea (Caryophyllaceae-Alsinoideae)
Author: Warren Lambert WagnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Systematic Botany Monographs
Author: The Biology of Island Floras
Author: David BramwellPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139497804
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 539
Book Description
Oceanic islands offer biologists unparalleled opportunities to study evolutionary processes and ecological phenomena. However, human activity threatens to alter or destroy many of these fragile ecosystems, with recent estimates suggesting that nearly half of the world's insular endemics are threatened with extinction. Bringing together researchers from around the world, this book illustrates how modern research methods and new concepts have challenged accepted theories and changed our understanding of island flora. Particular attention is given to the impact of molecular studies and the insights that they provide into topics such as colonisation, radiation, diversification and hybridisation. Examples are drawn from around the world, including the Hawaiian archipelago, Galapagos Islands, Madagascar and the Macronesian region. Conservation issues are also highlighted, with coverage of alien species and the role of ex situ conservation providing valuable information that will aid the formulation of management strategies and genetic rescue programmes.
Flower Metabolism and Pollinators
Author: Monica BorghiPublisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2889717585
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The Theory of Island Biogeography Revisited
Author: Jonathan B. LososPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 140083192X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 988
Book Description
Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson's The Theory of Island Biogeography, first published by Princeton in 1967, is one of the most influential books on ecology and evolution to appear in the past half century. By developing a general mathematical theory to explain a crucial ecological problem--the regulation of species diversity in island populations--the book transformed the science of biogeography and ecology as a whole. In The Theory of Island Biogeography Revisited, some of today's most prominent biologists assess the continuing impact of MacArthur and Wilson's book four decades after its publication. Following an opening chapter in which Wilson reflects on island biogeography in the 1960s, fifteen chapters evaluate and demonstrate how the field has extended and confirmed--as well as challenged and modified--MacArthur and Wilson's original ideas. Providing a broad picture of the fundamental ways in which the science of island biogeography has been shaped by MacArthur and Wilson's landmark work, The Theory of Island Biogeography Revisited also points the way toward exciting future research.
Monograph of the Syncarpous African Genera Isolona and Monodora (Annonaceae)
Author: Thomas Louis Peter CouvreurPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Annonaceae
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Monograph of Ourisia (Plantaginaceae)
Author: Heidi M. MeudtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Systematics of the Australian Species of Rhodamnia (Myrtaceae)
Author: Neil Wilton SnowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Military Training Activities at Mākua Military Reservation, Hawai'i
Author: The Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature
Author: Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew).Publisher:
ISBN: 9780117831032
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description