Island Biogeography
Geo-environmental Dynamics, Ecology, Evolution, Human Impact, and Conservation
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Product details:
- Edition number 3
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 30 June 2023
- ISBN 9780198868569
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages496 pages
- Size 253x195x28 mm
- Weight 1158 g
- Language English 416
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Short description:
A definitive new review of the island biogeography literature, explaining how islands have been used as natural laboratories in developing and testing ecological and evolutionary theories. Examines the chief threats to island species together with conservation strategies specifically tailored to islands.
MoreLong description:
Island biogeography is the study of the distribution and dynamics of species in island environments. Due to their isolation from more widespread continental species, islands are ideal places for unique species to evolve, but they are also places of concentrated extinction. Consequently, they are widely studied by ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and conservationists.
This accessible textbook builds on the success and reputation of its predecessors, documenting the recent advances in this exciting field and explaining how islands have contributed to both theory development and testing. In addition, the book describes the main processes of island formation, subsequent dynamics, and eventual demise, explaining the relevance of island environmental history to island biogeography. The authors demonstrate the significance of islands as hotspots of biodiversity and of prehistoric and historic anthropogenic extinction. Since island species continue to feature disproportionally in the lists of threatened species today, the book examines both the chief threats to their persistence and some of the mitigation measures that can be put in play, with conservation strategies specifically tailored to islands.
The book successfully captures the vibrancy and dynamism of research and conservation work performed on islands, while positioning island biogeography as a crucial discipline for tackling major 21st-century challenges.
Table of Contents:
Preface and Acknowledgements
PART 1: Setting the Scene: Islands as Natural Laboratories
The natural laboratory paradigm
Island types, origins, and dynamics
Island environments
The biogeography of island life: biodiversity hotspots in context
PART 2: Island Ecology
Island macroecology
Assembly rules for island metacommunities
Extending the timescale: island biodynamics in response to island geodynamics
PART 3: Island Evolution
Colonization, evolutionary change, and speciation
Evolutionary diversification across islands and archipelagos
Island evolutionary syndromes in animals
Island evolutionary syndromes in - and involving - plants
PART 4: Human Impact and Conservation
The application of island theory to fragmented landscapes
The human transformation of island ecosystems
Anthropogenic extinction on islands: a synthesis
Meeting the conservation challenge
