Extinction rates
By: edited by John H. Lawton and Robert M. May.
Contributors: Lawton, John H., 1943-; May, Robert M. 1936-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: Extinction (Biology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Assessing extinction rates / Robert M. May, John H. Lawton, Nigel E. Stork; title: Extinctions in the fossil record / David Jablonski; title: Constancy and change of life in the sea / J.B.C. Jackson; title: Insect faunas in ice age environments : why so little extinction? / G.R. Coope; title: Bird extinctions in the central Pacific / Stuart L. Pimm, Michael P. Moulton, Lenora J. Justice; title: Extinctions in Mediterranean areas / Werner Greuter; title: Recent past and future extinctions in birds / Colin J. Bibby; title: Rates and patterns of extinction among British invertebrates / J.A. Thomas, M.G. Morris; title: Assessing the risk of plant extinction due to pollinator and disperser failure / W.J. Bond; title: Population dynamic principles / John H. Lawton; title: Estimating extinction from molecular phylogenies / Sean Nee, Edward C. Holmes, Robert M. May, Paul H. Harvey; title: Biological models for monitoring species decline: the construction and use of databases / C.R. Margules, M.P. Austin; title: Classification of threatened species and its role in conservation planning / Georgina M. Mace; title: The scale of the human enterprise and biodiversity loss / Paul R. Ehrlich.