Island Biogeography
Subtitle: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: January 15, 2007
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780198566113
First sentence: These words taken from Alfred Russel Wallace's Island life encapsulate an over-arching idea that could be termed the central paradigm of island biogeography.
Description: "There is no other recent textbook devoted solely to island biogeography, and a synthesis of the many recent advances is now overdue. This second edition builds on the success and reputation of the first, documenting the recent developments in this exciting field and explaining how islands and habitat islands have been used as 'natural laboratories' in developing and testing ecological and evolutionary theories."--Jacket.