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No Species Is an Island
Author | : Theodore H. Fleming |
Publsiher | : University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | : 81 |
Release | : 2017-09-05 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780816535897 |
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"The book describes for a general natural history audience the unexpected scientific discoveries Fleming's research team made during an intensive 11-year study of four species of Sonoran Desert columnar cacti and their pollinators"--Provided by publisher.
Bulletin of the Botanical Department Jamaica
Author | : Jamaica. Botanical Department |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 534 |
Release | : 1887 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
ISBN | : CORNELL:31924066684543 |
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Programmatic EIS Ford Island Development Pearl Harbor
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : NWU:35556033426818 |
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The Song Of The Dodo
Author | : David Quammen |
Publsiher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 706 |
Release | : 2012-03-31 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781448137404 |
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Why have island ecosystems always suffered such high rates of extinction? In our age, with all the world's landscapes, from Tasmania to the Amazon to Yellowstone, now being carved into island-like fragments by human activity, the implications of this question are more urgent than ever. Over the past eight years, David Quammen has followed the threads of island biogeography on a globe-encircling journey of discovery.
Island Bats
Author | : Theodore H. Fleming,Paul A. Racey |
Publsiher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 568 |
Release | : 2010-03-15 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780226253312 |
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The second largest order of mammals, Chiroptera comprises more than one thousand species of bats. Because of their mobility, bats are often the only native mammals on isolated oceanic islands, where more than half of all bat species live. These island bats represent an evolutionarily distinctive and ecologically significant part of the earth’s biological diversity. Island Bats is the first book to focus solely on the evolution, ecology, and conservation of bats living in the world’s island ecosystems. Among other topics, the contributors to this volume examine how the earth’s history has affected the evolution of island bats, investigate how bat populations are affected by volcanic eruptions and hurricanes, and explore the threat of extinction from human disturbance. Geographically diverse, the volume includes studies of the islands of the Caribbean, the Western Indian Ocean, Micronesia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and New Zealand. With its wealth of information from long-term studies, Island Bats provides timely and valuable information about how this fauna has evolved and how it can be conserved.
The Species Area Relationship
Author | : Thomas J. Matthews,Kostas A. Triantis,Robert J. Whittaker |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 503 |
Release | : 2021-03-18 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781108477079 |
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Provides a comprehensive synthesis of a fundamental phenomenon, the species-area relationship, addressing theory, evidence and application.
The New Wild
Author | : Fred Pearce |
Publsiher | : Beacon Press |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2016-04-05 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780807039557 |
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Named one of the best books of 2015 by The Economist A provocative exploration of the “new ecology” and why most of what we think we know about alien species is wrong For a long time, veteran environmental journalist Fred Pearce thought in stark terms about invasive species: they were the evil interlopers spoiling pristine “natural” ecosystems. Most conservationists and environmentalists share this view. But what if the traditional view of ecology is wrong—what if true environmentalists should be applauding the invaders? In The New Wild, Pearce goes on a journey across six continents to rediscover what conservation in the twenty-first century should be about. Pearce explores ecosystems from remote Pacific islands to the United Kingdom, from San Francisco Bay to the Great Lakes, as he digs into questionable estimates of the cost of invader species and reveals the outdated intellectual sources of our ideas about the balance of nature. Pearce acknowledges that there are horror stories about alien species disrupting ecosystems, but most of the time, the tens of thousands of introduced species usually swiftly die out or settle down and become model eco-citizens. The case for keeping out alien species, he finds, looks increasingly flawed. As Pearce argues, mainstream environmentalists are right that we need a rewilding of the earth, but they are wrong if they imagine that we can achieve that by reengineering ecosystems. Humans have changed the planet too much, and nature never goes backward. But a growing group of scientists is taking a fresh look at how species interact in the wild. According to these new ecologists, we should applaud the dynamism of alien species and the novel ecosystems they create. In an era of climate change and widespread ecological damage, it is absolutely crucial that we find ways to help nature regenerate. Embracing the new ecology, Pearce shows us, is our best chance. To be an environmentalist in the twenty-first century means celebrating nature’s wildness and capacity for change.
Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 798 |
Release | : 1891 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : UCAL:B3093553 |
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