Biodiversity And Biogeographic Patterns In Asia Pacific Region I Statistical Methods And Case Studies

Author : Youhua Chen
Publisher : Bentham Science Publishers
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781681080154

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Biodiversity and Biogeographic Patterns in Asia-Pacific Region I: Statistical Methods and Case Studies by Youhua Chen Pdf

This brief book is dedicated to the quantitative analyses and systematic discussion of spatial biodiversity and biogeographic patterns in the Asia‐pacific region comprised of China, India and adjacent countries. The book is split into two sections. The first section presents readers with detailed statistical methods to conduct spatial macro‐biodiversity and biogeography analyses. Step-by-step instructions on how to perform these statistical methods by using the statistical program R are also provided. In the second part, different quantitative case studies are presented covering several topics, including phylogenetics, spatial statistics, multivariate statistics and ecological genomics. Each case study concludes with a detailed interpretation of the quantitative results and how these results are relevant to local and regional ecological processes. This reference is suitable for academics interested in biostatistics biodiversity and ecological studies specific to the Asia Pacific region and China.

Author : Youhua Chen (Biologist)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : NATURE
ISBN : 1634633385

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Biodiversity and Biogeographic Patterns in Asia-Pacific Region II by Youhua Chen (Biologist) Pdf

Author : Youhua Chen
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Biodiversity
ISBN : 1634633024

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Biodiversity and Biogeographic Patterns in Asia-Pacific Region II by Youhua Chen Pdf

Conservation biology has gradually become one of the mainstream fields in contemporary science. The importance of biodiversity conservation is apparently straightforward to understand: because of global urbanisation, industrialisation and climate change, people become more knowledgeable about the harmony between human beings, society and nature. Biodiversity science is a leading multidisciplinary science in the 21st century. In Asia, there are two BRIC countries: India and China. Both are giant and developing countries. The population sizes of both countries rank in the top two across the nations of the whole world. In comparison with developed countries, biodiversity surveying in most Asian countries seems not so comprehensive. New species are continually discovered and reported across the region, and the mega-biodiversity and original forests throughout the region provide invaluable resources for ecologists to explore biodiversity patterns and test relevant ecological theories. This book thus conveys valuable information for researchers interested in the biodiversity conservation issues of the countries across the Asia-Pacific region. In the book, the author applies contemporary statistical methods and numerical techniques to study the biodiversity and biogeography patterns of different taxonomic groups over the region. These case studies are up-to-date and reflect the latest advances in the field of biodiversity science and conservation in the region.

Author : Zehao Shen,George P. Malanson,Jinlong Zhang,Meng Yao
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889710805

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Temporal Patterns and Mechanisms of Biodiversity Across Scales in East Asia by Zehao Shen,George P. Malanson,Jinlong Zhang,Meng Yao Pdf

Author : Shin-ichi Nakano,Tetsukazu Yahara,Tohru Nakashizuka
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9784431540328

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The Biodiversity Observation Network in the Asia-Pacific Region by Shin-ichi Nakano,Tetsukazu Yahara,Tohru Nakashizuka Pdf

Biological diversity is important for ecosystem function and services, which in turn is essential for human well-being. Under the Convention on Biological Diversity, international efforts have been made to achieve a significant reduction in the current rate of biodiversity loss. The loss continues, however. The Asia-Pacific region includes both developing countries with high biodiversity and developed countries with sophisticated data collection and analyses, but only limited information about the status quo of biodiversity in this region has been available. Many Asia-Pacific countries have rapidly grown their economies and social infrastructures, causing a loss of biodiversity and requiring an urgent mandate to achieve a balance between development and conservation in the region. In December 2009, scientists successfully organized the Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network in the region, to establish a network for research and monitoring of ecosystems and biodiversity and to build a cooperative framework. The present volume is the first collection of information on biodiversity in the Asia-Pacific and represents a quantum step forward in science that optimizes the synergy between development and biodiversity conservation.

Author : David Gower,Kenneth Johnson,James Richardson,Brian Rosen,Lukas Rüber,Suzanne Williams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139536226

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Biotic Evolution and Environmental Change in Southeast Asia by David Gower,Kenneth Johnson,James Richardson,Brian Rosen,Lukas Rüber,Suzanne Williams Pdf

The flora and fauna of Southeast Asia are exceptionally diverse. The region includes several terrestrial biodiversity hotspots and is the principal global hotspot for marine diversity, but it also faces the most intense challenges of the current global biodiversity crisis. Providing reviews, syntheses and results of the latest research into Southeast Asian earth and organismal history, this book investigates the history, present and future of the fauna and flora of this bio- and geodiverse region. Leading authorities in the field explore key topics including palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, biogeography, population genetics and conservation biology, illustrating research approaches and themes with spatially, taxonomically and methodologically focused case studies. The volume also presents methodological advances in population genetics and historical biogeography. Exploring the fascinating environmental and biotic histories of Southeast Asia, this is an ideal resource for graduate students and researchers as well as environmental NGOs.

Author : John Merson,Rosie Cooney,Paul Brown
Publisher : UNSW Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1742233457

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Conservation in a Crowded World by John Merson,Rosie Cooney,Paul Brown Pdf

In an increasingly crowded world, reconciling environmental “conservation” with the “sustainable use” of natural resources is a great challenge. Nature conservation has traditionally focused on protecting iconic and important areas of biodiversity from human exploitation through the establishment of National Parks and World Heritage Areas. However, while this is essential, a narrow focus on protected area conservation risks overlooking local needs in areas where people and natural systems must coexist. Combining scholarly research with stories from real people in the field, this book addresses some key questions for the sustainable use of natural environments, including What should be conserved and who decides? Are tradeoffs between conservation and development necessary? and How are those those elusive “win-win” solutions unearthed?

Author : Francisco Dallmeier,James A. Comiskey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Nature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020167115

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Forest Biodiversity Research, Monitoring and Modeling by Francisco Dallmeier,James A. Comiskey Pdf

Recent advances in the use of permanent plots for monitorin forest biodiversity in the Old World. The theoretical framework behind plot-based monitoring and a description of how plot-based results have been put to a variety of uses, such as defining the number of trees to be sampled in smaller plots, monitoring climatic change, ground-truthing satellite imagery to map paterns and developing new analytical techniques for assessing patterns of diversity. A final section outlines some of the monitoring programmes and networks currently in place in Europe.

Author : Jorge CRISCI,Liliana Katinas,Paula Posadas,Jorge V’ctor Crisci
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780674030046

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Historical Biogeography by Jorge CRISCI,Liliana Katinas,Paula Posadas,Jorge V’ctor Crisci Pdf

Though biogeography may be simply defined--the study of the geographic distributions of organisms--the subject itself is extraordinarily complex, involving a range of scientific disciplines and a bewildering diversity of approaches. For convenience, biogeographers have recognized two research traditions: ecological biogeography and historical biogeography. This book makes sense of the profound revolution that historical biogeography has undergone in the last two decades, and of the resulting confusion over its foundations, basic concepts, methods, and relationships to other disciplines of comparative biology. Using case studies, the authors explain and illustrate the fundamentals and the most frequently used methods of this discipline. They show the reader how to tell when a historical biogeographic approach is called for, how to decide what kind of data to collect, how to choose the best method for the problem at hand, how to perform the necessary calculations, how to choose and apply a computer program, and how to interpret results.

Author : Lynne Parenti,Malte Ebach
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520944398

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Comparative Biogeography by Lynne Parenti,Malte Ebach Pdf

To unravel the complex shared history of the Earth and its life forms, biogeographers analyze patterns of biodiversity, species distribution, and geological history. So far, the field of biogeography has been fragmented into divergent systematic and evolutionary approaches, with no overarching or unifying research theme or method. In this text, Lynne Parenti and Malte Ebach address this discord and outline comparative tools to unify biogeography. Rooted in phylogenetic systematics, this comparative biogeographic approach offers a comprehensive empirical framework for discovering and deciphering the patterns and processes of the distribution of life on Earth. The authors cover biogeography from its fundamental ideas to the most effective ways to implement them. Real-life examples illustrate concepts and problems, including the first comparative biogeographical analysis of the Indo-West Pacific, an introduction to biogeographical concepts rooted in the earth sciences, and the integration of phylogeny, evolution and earth history.

Author : Jennifer Howard,Dominic A. Andradi-Brown,Valerie Hagger,Sigit Sasmito,Jared Bosire
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9782889766932

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Drivers of Mangrove Forest Change and its Effects on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services by Jennifer Howard,Dominic A. Andradi-Brown,Valerie Hagger,Sigit Sasmito,Jared Bosire Pdf

Author : Shin-ichi Nakano,Tetsukazu Yahara,Tohru Nakashizuka
Publisher : Springer
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9784431547839

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Integrative Observations and Assessments by Shin-ichi Nakano,Tetsukazu Yahara,Tohru Nakashizuka Pdf

This volume focuses on new trends in monitoring biodiversity in the Asia-Pacific region, one of the most rapidly changing areas in the world. It provides reviews of the challenges in studying the spatial variability of biodiversity across various ecosystems. This book also describes newly developed concepts and methods for biodiversity observation including ubiquitous genotyping, systematic conservation, monitoring of the functions and services of ecosystems and biodiversity informatics. These contributions will lead to establishing integrative observations and assessments of biodiversity, essential for reporting the current status and for the effective conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. This work will interest biodiversity researchers not only in the Asia-Pacific region but also across the entire globe.

Author : Karki, Madhav,Hill, Rosemary,Dayuan Xue,Alangui, Wilfredo,Ichikawa, Kaoru,Bridgewater, Peter
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789231002663

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Knowing our lands and resources by Karki, Madhav,Hill, Rosemary,Dayuan Xue,Alangui, Wilfredo,Ichikawa, Kaoru,Bridgewater, Peter Pdf

Author : Juan Morrone
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780231143783

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Evolutionary Biogeography by Juan Morrone Pdf

"Rather than favoring only one approach, Juan J. Morrone proposes a comprehensive treatment of the developments and theories of evolutionary biogeography. Evolutionary biogeography uses distributional, phylogenetic, molecular, and fossil data to assess the historical changes that have produced current biotic patterns. Panbiogeography, parsimony analysis of endemicity, cladistic biogeography, and phylogeography are the four recent and most common approaches. Many conceive of these methods as representing different "schools," but Morrone shows how each addresses different questions in the various steps of an evolutionary biogeographical analysis. Panbiogeography and parsimony analysis of endemicity are useful for identifying biotic components or areas of endemism. Cladistic biogeography uses phylogenetic data to determine the relationships between these biotic components. Further information on fossils, phylogeographic patterns, and molecular clocks can be incorporated to identify different cenocrons. Finally, available geological knowledge can help construct a geobiotic scenario that may explain how analyzed areas were put into contact and how the biotic components and cenocrons inhabiting them evolved. Morrone compares these methods and employs case studies to make it clear which is best for the question at hand. Set problems, discussion sections, and glossaries further enhance classroom use."--Publisher's description.

Author : Michael Heads
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520951808

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Molecular Panbiogeography of the Tropics by Michael Heads Pdf

Molecular studies reveal highly ordered geographic patterns in plant and animal distributions. The tropics illustrate these patterns of community immobilism leading to allopatric differentiation, as well as other patterns of mobilism, range expansion, and overlap of taxa. Integrating Earth history and biogeography, Molecular Panbiogeography of the Tropics is an alternative view of distributional history in which groups are older than suggested by fossils and fossil-calibrated molecular clocks. The author discusses possible causes for the endemism of high-level taxa in tropical America and Madagascar, and overlapping clades in South America, Africa, and Asia. The book concludes with a critique of adaptation by selection, founded on biogeography and recent work in genetics.