Natural systems the organisation of life
Introduction : defining natureWhat is a species? -- The history of life -- How many species are there? -- Measuring diversity -- Niches -- Patterns in species richness -- Drivers of diversity -- Does diversity matter? -- Organisation at the community scale -- Stability -- Changes through time -- Cha...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Chichester, UK, Hoboken, NJ
John Wiley & Sons
2016
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction : defining natureWhat is a species? -- The history of life -- How many species are there? -- Measuring diversity -- Niches -- Patterns in species richness -- Drivers of diversity -- Does diversity matter? -- Organisation at the community scale -- Stability -- Changes through time -- Changes through space -- Global patterns of life -- Regional species richness -- Latitudinal gradients -- Earth history -- Dispersal -- Life on islands -- Reinventing islands -- What is a natural system?. Introduction : defining nature -- What is a species? -- The history of life -- How many species are there? -- Measuring diversity -- Niches -- Patterns in species richness -- Drivers of diversity -- Does diversity matter? -- Organisation at the community scale -- Stability -- Changes through time -- Changes through space -- Global patterns of life -- Regional species richness -- Latitudinal gradients -- Earth history -- Dispersal -- Life on islands -- Reinventing islands -- What is a natural system? |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xxi, 368 pages illustrations (some color) 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781118905883 978-1-118-90588-3 1118905881 1-118-90588-1 9781118905920 978-1-118-90592-0 111890592X 1-118-90592-X |