Islands Biological Diversity and Ecosystem Function

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)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1995.
Edition:1st ed. 1995.
Series:Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 115
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Geoecology.
Environmental geology.
Nature conservation.
Ecology .
Zoology.
Plant science.
Botany.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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