Islands Biological Diversity and Ecosystem Function / edited by Peter Vitousek, Lloyd L. Loope, Hennig Adsersen.

Oceanic islands represent a set of systems in which biological diversity varies as a consequence of remoteness or size, not environment; they are also generally simpler than continental ecosystems. Islands therefore provide an opportunity to determine the direct effects of biological diversity on ec...

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Other Authors: Vitousek, Peter (Editor), Loope, Lloyd L. (Editor), Adsersen, Hennig (Editor)
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Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1995.
Edition:1st ed. 1995.
Series:Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 115
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505 0 |a 1 Introduction — Why Focus on Islands? -- Section A: Patterns and Levels of Diversity -- 2 Research on Islands: Classic, Recent, and Prospective Approaches -- 3 Evolution, Speciation, and the Genetic Structure of Island Populations -- 4 Patterns of Diversity in Island Plants -- 5 Vertebrate Patterns on Islands -- 6 Patterns of Diversity in Island Soil Fauna: Detecting Functional Redundancy -- 7 Ecosystem and Landscape Diversity: Islands as Model Systems -- Section B: Threats to Diversity on Islands -- 8 Prehistoric Extinctions and Ecological Changes on Oceanic Islands -- 9 Biological Invasions as Agents of Change on Islands Versus Mainlands -- 10 Climate Change and Island Biological Diversity -- Section C: Diversity and Ecosystem Function -- 11 Ecosystem-Level Consequences of Species Additions and Deletions on Islands -- 12 Biological Diversity and the Maintenance of Mutualisms -- 13 Biological Diversity and Disturbance Regimes in Island Ecosystems -- 14 Effects of Diversity on Productivity: Quantitative Distributions of Traits -- Section D: Conservation Implications -- 15 Insular Lessons for Global Biodiversity Conservation with Particular Reference to Alien Invasions -- 16 Saint Helena: Sustainable Development and Conservation of a Highly Degraded Island Ecosystem -- Section E: Where Can We Go from Here? -- 17 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function: Using Natural Attributes of Islands -- 18 Experimental Studies on Islands. 
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