Biodiversity dynamics
Subtitle: turnover of populations, taxa, and communities
By: Michael L. McKinney and James A. Drake, editors.
Contributors: McKinney, Michael L.; Drake, James A., 1954-
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 528
Subjects: Biological diversity.; Evolution (Biology); Population biology.
Description: "How will patterns of human interaction with the earth's ecosystem impact biodiversity loss over the long term - not in the next ten or even fifty years, but on the vast temporal scale dealt with by earth scientists?" "The contributors to Biodiversity Dynamics bring together the cutting-edge findings of a number of different fields that have traditionally had little crossover: data from population biology, community ecology, comparative biology, and paleontology are all presented.".

"Where paleontologists and ecologists have long had divergent perspectives, Biodiversity Dynamics seeks a middle ground, finding ways for both scientific communities to work together to comprehend the great biodiversity of the earth and how to preserve it for future generations."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [451]-522) and index.