The Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography (MPB-32) /
Despite its supreme importance and the threat of its global crash, biodiversity remains poorly understood both empirically and theoretically. This ambitious book presents a new, general neutral theory to explain the origin, maintenance, and loss of biodiversity in a biogeographic context. Until now...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[2001]
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| Edition: | Core Textbook |
| Series: | Monographs in population biology ;
32 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. MacArthur and Wilson’s Radical Theory
- 2. On Current Theories of Relative Species Abundance
- 3. Dynamical Models of the Relative Abundance of Species
- 4. Local Community Dynamics under Ecological Drift
- 5. Metacommunity Dynamics and the Unified Theory
- 6. The Unified Theory and Dynamical Species-Area Relationships
- 7. Metapopulations and Biodiversity on the Metacommunity Landscape
- 8. Speciation, Phylogeny, and the Evolution of Metacommunity Biodiversity
- 9. Sampling, Parameter Estimation, and the Generality of the Unified Theory
- 10. Reconciling Dispersal-Assembly and Niche-Assembly Theories
- Literature Cited
- Index