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Island Ecology (Outline Studies in Ecology)
Martyn Gorman
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Description for Island Ecology (Outline Studies in Ecology)
Paperback. This study presents a concise review of current studies in island ecology, considering both real islands surrounded by oceans, and habitat "islands" surrounded by more or less inhospitable terrain. Series: Outline Studies in Ecology. Num Pages: 73 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSTS; PSVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 116.
The islands of the Pacific and East Indies made an enormous and fateful impact on the minds of Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace, the fathers of modem evolutionary theory. Since then island floras and faunas have continued to playa central role in the development of evolutionary, and more recently ecological thought. For much ofthis century island ecology was a descriptive science and a wealth of information has been amassed on patterns of species distributions, on the composition of island floras and faunas, on the classification of islands into types such as oceanic and continental, on the taxonomic description of insular ... Read more
The islands of the Pacific and East Indies made an enormous and fateful impact on the minds of Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace, the fathers of modem evolutionary theory. Since then island floras and faunas have continued to playa central role in the development of evolutionary, and more recently ecological thought. For much ofthis century island ecology was a descriptive science and a wealth of information has been amassed on patterns of species distributions, on the composition of island floras and faunas, on the classification of islands into types such as oceanic and continental, on the taxonomic description of insular ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Series
Outline Studies in Ecology
Number of Pages
73
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780412155406
SKU
V9780412155406
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