Island
Subtitle: Fact and Theory in Nature
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: November 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9780520243521
Subjects: NATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS; Nature; Guana Island; Nature/Ecology; Virgin Islands; Ecology; Life Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems; Nature / General; General; British Virgin Islands; Natural history
First sentence: Guana Island is far more diverse than theory (MacArthur and Wilson 1967) predicts and more diverse than most ecosystems that were actually studied in the past.