Island ecology
著者
書誌事項
Island ecology
(Outline studies in ecology)
Chapman and Hall , Halsted Press, 1979
大学図書館所蔵 全14件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Bibliography: p. 7
Includes index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The islands of the Pacific and East Indies made an enormous and fateful impact on the minds of Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace, the fathers of modem evolutionary theory. Since then island floras and faunas have continued to playa central role in the development of evolutionary, and more recently ecological thought. For much ofthis century island ecology was a descriptive science and a wealth of information has been amassed on patterns of species distributions, on the composition of island floras and faunas, on the classification of islands into types such as oceanic and continental, on the taxonomic description of insular species and sub-species and on the adaptations, often bizarre, of island creatures. However, biologists are not satisfied for long with the mere collection of data and the description of patterns, but seek unifying theories. Island ecology was transformed into a predictive science by the publication, in 1967, of MacArthur and Wilson's Theory of Island Biogeography. This, perhaps the most influential book written on island ecology, has been the stimulus for a generation of theoretical ecologists and gifted field workers. The books listed below in the bibliography will indicate to the reader the vast scope of island ecology and the changes in approach that have taken place over the years.
目次
1 Introduction.- 2 Reaching and colonizing islands.- 2.1 Getting there.- 2.1.1 An experiment in sweep-stake dispersal.- 2.1.2 Dispersal observed.- 2.1.3 How do you get across an ocean?.- 2.1.4 Super-tramps-dispersal as a way of life.- 2.2 Establishing a beach-head.- References.- 3 How many species?.- 3.1 Species number and habitat diversity.- 3.2 The effect of area alone.- 3.3 Equilibrium theory.- 3.3.1 The effects of size and remoteness.- References.- 4 Islands as experiments in competition.- 4.1 Abundance shifts.- 4.2 Altitudinal shifts.- 4.3 Habitat shifts.- 4.4 Shifts in vertical foraging range.- 4.5 Dietary shifts.- 4.6 Assembly rules for island communities.- References.- 5 The very remote islands.- 5.1 The ancient conifers of New Caledonia.- 5.2 The Honeycreepers of Hawaii.- 5.3 Unresolved problems.- References.- 6 Some dangers of living on an island.- 6.1 The taxon cycle.- 6.2 What drives the cycle?.- References.- 7 Continental habitat islands.- 7.1 Islands of Paramo vegetation.- 7.2 Mountain mammals.- 7.3 Caves of limestone.- 7.4 Goldmines and Pikas.- References.- 8 Island ecology and nature reserves.- 8.1 How many species will a reserve support?.- 8.2 How long does it take to lose species?.- 8.3 Which species will be lost?.- 8.4 The design of reserves.- References.- Map-location of islands mentioned in text.
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