The Structure and Dynamics of Geographic Ranges

Osee
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-852641-4
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 407 g

No species occurs everywhere. Indeed, the majority are absent from most places, and where they do occur they are usually quite rare. Gaston discusses the structure of these distributions - the structure of the geographic ranges of species.

Gaston is particularly concerned with the factors that determine the limits to a species' geographic range, how the sizes of those ranges vary, and patterns in that variation. Also considered are the distribution of individuals amongst those sites where a species does occur and what determines that distribution, and some of the practical implications of all these.

Both in a pure and applied context, ecologists need a broader perspective on their subject matter than has historically prevailed. This book provides one such perspective.

A must have book for any researchers and graduate students studying macroecology, biogeography and conservation biology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gaston, Kevin J.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Naturschutzbiologie, Biodiversität
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeres- und Süßwasserökologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Biogeographie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Terrestrische Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Trockengebiete und Wüsten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Introduction

- 2: Range edges

- 3: Range size

- 4: Abundance structure

- 5: Implications

- References

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kevin J Gaston
Professor of Biodiversity and Conservation, University of Sheffield, UK
British, born Pembury 05/11/64