Natural systems : the organisation of life / Markus P. Eichhorn.

• 1. Introduction : defining nature -- PART I. SPECIES -- 2. What is a species? -- 3. The history of life -- 4. How many species are there? -- PART II. DIVERSITY -- 5. Measuring diversity -- 6.Niches -- 7. Patterns in species richness -- 8. Drivers of diversity -- 9. Does diversity matter? -- PART III. COMMUNITIES -- 10. Organisation at the community scale -- 11. Stability -- 12. Changes through time -- 13. Changes through space -- PART IV. BIOGEOGRAPHY -- 14. Global patterns of life -- 15. Regional species richness -- 16. Latitudinal gradients -- 17. Earth history -- 18. Dispersal -- 19. Life on islands -- 20. Reinventing islands -- 21. What is a natural system? -- Appendix A : Diversity analysis case study : Butterfly conservation in the Rocky Mountains. 

• Organised into four sections, this text discusses the organisation of the living world. It links Ecology, Biodiversity and Biogeography; bridges modern and conventional Ecology; builds sequentially from the concept and importance of species, through patterns of diversity to help consider global patterns of biogeography; and uses real data sets to help train in essential skills. 

Ämnesord

Ekologi  (sao)

Biogeografi  (sao)

Biologisk mångfald  (sao)

Biotic communities  (LCSH)

Life cycles (Biology)  (LCSH)

Biogeography  (LCSH)

Ecology  (LCSH)

Biodiversity  (LCSH)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Ue.05 Biologi: ekologi

Klassifikation

571.8 (DDC)

Ue.05 (kssb/8)