Richard John Huggett

Fundamentals of Biogeography

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Fundamentals of Biogeography" offers a fresh, up-to-date introduction to biogeography, explaining the ecology, geography and history of animals and plants. The book defines and examines populations, communities and ecosystems - examining where different animals and plants live and how they came to be living there, investigating how populations grow, interact and survive, how equilibrium communities are formed and how communities change, and predicting the shape of communities in the twenty-first century. "Fundamentals of Biogeography" presents an engaging introduction for students and all those interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the key topics and debates within the fields of biogeography, ecology and the environment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 190mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 975g
• ISBN-13: 9780415323475
• ISBN-10: 0415323479
• Artikelnr.: 21187775

Autorenporträt

Richard Huggett is a Reader in Geography at the University of Manchester, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Introducing Biogeography 1. What is Biogeography? 2.
Biogeographical Processes I: Speciation, Diversification and Extinction 3.
Biogeographical Processes II: Dispersal 4. Biogeographical Patterns:
Distributions Part 2: Ecological Biogeography 5. Habitats, Environments and
Niches 6. Climate and Life 7. Substrate and Life 8. Topography and Life 9.
Disturbance 10. Populations 11. Interacting Populations 12. Communities 13.
Community Change Part 3: Historical Biogeography 14. Dispersal and
Diversification in the Distant Past 15. Vicariance in the Distant Past 16.
Past Community Change Part 4: Conservation Biogeography 17. Conserving
Species and Populations 18. Conserving Communities and Ecosystems