Island colonization : the origin and development of island communities
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Island colonization : the origin and development of island communities
(Ecological reviews / editor, Nigel Webb)
Cambridge University Press, 2007
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Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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University Library for Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo図
: pbk.468:Th85010376613
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-280) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
New or recently sterilized islands (for example through volcanic activity), provide ecologists with natural experiments in which to study colonization, development and establishment of new biological communities. Studies carried out on islands like this have provided answers to fundamental questions as to what general principles are involved in the ecology of communities and what processes underlie and maintain the basic structure of ecosystems. These studies are vital for conservation biology, especially when evolutionary processes need to be maintained in systems in order to maintain biodiversity. The major themes are how animal and plant communities establish, particularly on 'new land' or following extirpations by volcanic activity. This book comprises a broad review of island colonization, bringing together succession models and general principles, case studies with which Professor Ian Thornton was intimately involved, and a synthesis of ideas, concluding with a look to the future for similar studies.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part I. Introduction: Theoretical and Experimental Studies: 1. Introduction
- 2. Theoretical and experimental colonization
- Part II. Natural Recolonization after Devastation: 3. A clean slate?
- 4. Life returns- primary colonization of devastated surfaces
- Part III. The Recolonization of Devastated Islands: 5. Recovering island biotas: volcano and Barcena
- 6. Thera, Santorini group, Mediterranean
- 7. Long and Ritter Islands, Bismarck Sea
- 8. Krakatau, Sunda Strait
- Part IV. Assembly of Biotas on New Islands: 9. Lake Wisdom- a new island of fresh water
- 10. New islands in the sea
- 11. Anak Krakatau, Krakatau's child, b. 1933
- 12. Surtsey, Island of Surtur, b. 1963
- 13. Motmot - a new island in fresh water
- Part V. Colonization and Assembly: 14. Dispersal
- 15. Stepping stone islands - the case of Sebesi
- 16. Learning from nature's lessons
- Literature cited
- Index.
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