The implications of this axiom are both broad-reaching and specific. This is the best known book on negotiating towards shared goals. It is easy to read, and persuasive, if seemingly too optomistic. If you want something more substantial, read The Art and Science of Negotiation by Howard Raiffa. This meticulously researched and beautifully written book is the definitive modern work on island biogeography.
Larger islands support more individuals and species per square meter than smaller islands .
There is a specific formula for the land-species relationship with high predictive accuracy. The whole world is being cut up into small islands by human development. The Flamingo's Smile by Stephen Jay Gould Stephen Jay Gould is a well-known popular science writer and coauthor of the original paper on punctuated equilibrium, one of the most influential modern papers in evolutionary theory. His essays, collected from a regular column in Natural History magazine, are entertaining and interesting. This particular collection is one of my favorites, but his other books are equally good.