Biodiversity In Time And Space

Author : Roberto Cazzolla Gatti
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2018
Category : Biodiversity
ISBN : 153613662X

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The study of biodiversity is essential for the understanding of the complex phenomena upon which biological sciences are based. This book aims to be an updated and advanced source of the theoretical and practical aspects related to biological diversity suitable for graduated and Ph.D. students. This text seeks to open the doors to the study of biodiversity and its interconnections with ecology, evolution, economy and anthropogenic impacts starting from students to university teachers and researchers. The approach adopted embraces a comprehensive vision of biodiversity and introduces theoretical and practical information that can help to conduct rigorous studies, without omitting the space-temporal component in the analysis of a subject that merges ecological and evolutionary sciences. The novelty of the ideas presented in this book is underlined by the McArthur Fellowship winner and renowned complex systems biologist, Stuart A. Kauffman, who gifted the foreword of this publication by his scientific story. During the academic semesters of Biology, Natural Sciences, Forestry and Environmental Sciences, the discussions related to the evolutionary patterns and the analysis of biodiversity is based upon complex arguments with a few and often quite old reference textbooks. This book provides the most updated review of the literature concerning both the theoretical and practical study of biodiversity and offers new ideas for a better understanding of the proposed concepts. The degrees theses and scientific papers on this subject are increasing, but literature research is often conducted referring to outdated texts whose explanations of sometimes complex topics such as the evolution of ecological niches, the speciation and extinction patterns, the calculation of diversity indices, the estimation of accumulation and rarefaction curves, etc. are even more complicated. This book provides different empirical approaches to the study of biodiversity and applied examples to better link and understand the theoretical background. Moreover, it is accompanied by graphical schematizations, figures and insights that can easily simplify most of the difficult issues related to this developing science. This book, along with presenting an updated overview of the most useful and rigorous indices, measures, plots and graphical representations to monitor, analyse, and calculate biodiversity, provides an extended theoretical background. The parallel theoretical and practical approach of this proposed book can be useful at any user level: for graduate students to better understand complex concepts with concrete examples and graphics; for teachers to supply their students with updated and concrete notions that can be linked to a more theoretical basis; for researchers to use the data and information gathered by the application of the methods described in the book and to analyse and discuss the results obtained on the basis of the hypotheses furnished in the wide literature review, with the final aim of writing scientific reports about biodiversity research.

Author : Michael L. Rosenzweig
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1995-05-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521496186

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Species Diversity in Space and Time by Michael L. Rosenzweig Pdf

Biodiversity.

Author : Paul Upchurch,Alistair J. McGowan,Claire S.C. Slater
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781420045529

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Palaeogeography and Palaeobiogeography: Biodiversity in Space and Time by Paul Upchurch,Alistair J. McGowan,Claire S.C. Slater Pdf

Biogeography represents one of the most complex and challenging aspects of macroevolutionary research, requiring input from both the earth and life sciences. Palaeogeographic reconstruction is frequently carried out by researchers with backgrounds in geology and palaeontology, who are less likely to be familiar with the latest biogeographic techniq

Author : M.L. Rosenzweig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:769248122

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Species Diversity in Space and Time by M.L. Rosenzweig Pdf

Author : Glen MacDonald
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002-02-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780471241935

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Biogeography by Glen MacDonald Pdf

Illustrative examples from recent research publications and "classic" studies are prominently featured throughout the book. Research techniques are highlighted in "special interest" boxes. Illustrations and descriptions of research techniques are provided with examples such as fire-scars from trees used to reconstruct disturbance, fossil pollen used to reconstruct vegetation change and plant migration, transect and quadrate sampling. Includes key biogeographical theories that link space and time to the distribution of life. Some of these theories include: 1. Ranges, Reflicts, Refuges, Corridors, Barriers, 2. Centers of Origins, 3. Cladistics, 4. Variance, 5. Island BioGeography, 6. Diversity Theory, 7. Gap Analysis for Conservation.

Author : Jacques Blondel,James Aronson,Jean-Yves Bodiou,Gilles Boeuf
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191574283

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The Mediterranean Region by Jacques Blondel,James Aronson,Jean-Yves Bodiou,Gilles Boeuf Pdf

It is becoming clear that the Mediterranean region is one of the "hottest" of the biodiversity hotspots on the planet. There is also an increasing concern for the conservation, adaptive management, and restoration of the unique natural ecosystems and cultural landscapes that characterize this area. The region's biological and cultural heritage as well as its huge wealth of biodiversity is now at real risk. This brings a further urgency to the task of communicating detailed but readily accessible information on the Mediterranean biota, and an ecological, historical and evolutionary perspective to the changing contexts in which the region's flora and fauna continue to evolve. There is no other recent textbook devoted solely to Mediterranean evolutionary ecology, and a synthesis of the many recent advances is now overdue. This new work builds on the success and reputation of the first edition, although the text has been updated and expanded to document recent changes to biodiversity, new ecological and evolutionary insights, and the challenges for the future. These changes include the addition of two new chapters devoted to the Mediterranean Sea itself, and especially the coastal areas. Throughout the book, the pressing issues of global change (especially climate warming) are addressed, in conjunction with changing land use, and in terms of their potential impact on biota, communities, ecosystems, and landscapes.

Author : Michael L. McKinney,James A. Drake
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2001-04-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 0231505809

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Biodiversity Dynamics by Michael L. McKinney,James A. Drake Pdf

How will patterns of human interaction with the earth's eco-system impact on biodiversity loss over the long term--not in the next ten or even fifty years, but on the vast temporal scale be dealt with by earth scientists? This volume brings together data from population biology, community ecology, comparative biology, and paleontology to answer this question.

Author : National Research Council,Board on Science and Technology for International Development
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1992-02-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309046831

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Conserving Biodiversity by National Research Council,Board on Science and Technology for International Development Pdf

The loss of the earth's biological diversity is widely recognized as a critical environmental problem. That loss is most severe in developing countries, where the conditions of human existence are most difficult. Conserving Biodiversity presents an agenda for research that can provide information to formulate policy and design conservation programs in the Third World. The book includes discussions of research needs in the biological sciences as well as economics and anthropology, areas of critical importance to conservation and sustainable development. Although specifically directed toward development agencies, non-governmental organizations, and decisionmakers in developing nations, this volume should be of interest to all who are involved in the conservation of biological diversity.

Author : John A. Talent
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1104 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789048134281

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Earth and Life by John A. Talent Pdf

This volume focuses on the broad pattern of increasing biodiversity through time, and recurrent events of minor and major ecosphere reorganization. Intense scrutiny is devoted to the pattern of physical (including isotopic), sedimentary and biotic circumstances through the time intervals during which life crises occurred. These events affected terrestrial, lacustrine and estuarine ecosystems, locally and globally, but have affected continental shelf ecosystems and even deep ocean ecosystems. The pattern of these events is the backdrop against which modelling the pattern of future environmental change needs to be evaluated.

Author : Jacques Blondel,James Aronson,Jean-Yves Bodiou,Gilles Boeuf
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780199557998

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The Mediterranean Region by Jacques Blondel,James Aronson,Jean-Yves Bodiou,Gilles Boeuf Pdf

This is a detailed, illustrated and up-to-date study of the fauna, flora, landscapes, coastal areas and seascapes of the entire Mediterranean Basin, and the Sea itself. Since the publication of the first edition in 1999, the field has advanced in significant ways and this revision is timely.

Author : Michael A. Rex,Ron J. Etter
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Science
ISBN : 0674036077

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Deep-sea Biodiversity by Michael A. Rex,Ron J. Etter Pdf

Rex and Etter present the first synthesis of patterns and causes of biodiversity in organisms that dwell in the vast sediment ecosystem of ocean floor. They offer a new understanding of marine biodiversity that will be of general interest to ecologists and is crucial to responsible exploitation of natural resources at the deep-sea floor.

Author : Luciano M. Verdade,Maria Carolina Lyra-Jorge,Carlos I. Piña
Publisher : Springer
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642547515

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Applied Ecology and Human Dimensions in Biological Conservation by Luciano M. Verdade,Maria Carolina Lyra-Jorge,Carlos I. Piña Pdf

This book provides both the conceptual basis and technological tools that are necessary to identify and solve problems related to biodiversity governance. The authors discuss intriguing evolutionary questions, which involve the sometimes surprising adaptive capacity of certain organisms to dwell in altered and/or changing environments that apparently lost most of their structure and functionality. Space and time heterogeneities are considered in order to understand the patterns of distribution and abundance of species and the various processes that mold them. The book also discusses at which level—from genes to the landscape, including individuals, populations, communities, and ecosystems—men should intervene in nature in order to prevent the loss of biodiversity.

Author : Simon Jungblut,Viola Liebich,Maya Bode-Dalby
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-01
Category : Aquatic biology
ISBN : 9783030203894

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YOUMARES 9 - the Oceans: Our Research, Our Future by Simon Jungblut,Viola Liebich,Maya Bode-Dalby Pdf

This open access book summarizes peer-reviewed articles and the abstracts of oral and poster presentations given during the YOUMARES 9 conference which took place in Oldenburg, Germany, in September 2018. The aims of this book are to summarize state-of-the-art knowledge in marine sciences and to inspire scientists of all career stages in the development of further research. These conferences are organized by and for young marine researchers. Qualified early-career researchers, who moderated topical sessions during the conference, contributed literature reviews on specific topics within their research field. .

Author : Jacques Blondel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:608931692

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The Mediterranean Region by Jacques Blondel Pdf

Author : R.R. Colwell,K. Ohwada,U. Simidu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780585340463

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Microbial Diversity in Time and Space by R.R. Colwell,K. Ohwada,U. Simidu Pdf

The symposium, "Microbial Diversity in Time and Space," was held in the Sanjo Conference Hall, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, October 24-26, 1994. The symposium was organized under the auspices of the Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology and co-sponsored by the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS), International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS), International Committee on Microbial Ecology (ICOME), and the Japanese Society of Ecology. The aim of the symposium was to stress the importance of the global role of microorganisms in developing and maintaining biodiversity. Twenty-four speakers from seven countries presented papers in the symposium and in the workshop, "Microbial Diversity and Cycling of Bioelements," that followed the symposium. Papers presented at the symposium are published in this proceedings. Discussions of the workshop, which were energetic and enthusiastic, are also summarized in this proceedings. The symposium provided an opportunity to address the role of microorganisms in global cycles and as the basic support ofbiodiversity on the planet. Previously unrecognized as both contributing to and sustaining biodiversity, microorganisms are now considered to be primary elements of, and a driving force in, biodiversity. Financial support was provided for the symposium by the CIBA GEIGY Foundation for the Promotion of Science, Naito Foundation, and the Uchida Foundation of the Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo. Support from these foundations is gratefully acknowledged. CONTENTS Microbial Biodiversity-Global Aspects ................................. 1 Rita R. Colwell 2. Importance of Community Relationships in Biodiversity ...................