Conservation Biology: An Evolutionary-ecological PerspectiveMichael E. Soulé, Bruce A. Wilcox |
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... patchily distributed . 4. Geographical patchiness increases with Stot . By geographical patchiness , I mean that a species which has been absent at one locality throughout living and written human history is resident in a similar ...
... patchily distributed . 4. Geographical patchiness increases with Stot . By geographical patchiness , I mean that a species which has been absent at one locality throughout living and written human history is resident in a similar ...
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... patchiness can be explained in terms of relict populations on sites of Pleistocene refuges . We expect present - day distri- butional patchiness of birds resulting from Pleistocene habitat patchiness to be more marked in the tropics ...
... patchiness can be explained in terms of relict populations on sites of Pleistocene refuges . We expect present - day distri- butional patchiness of birds resulting from Pleistocene habitat patchiness to be more marked in the tropics ...
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... Patchiness poses , in addition , the following difficult dilemma to con- servationists . Suppose that political considerations limit the total area of a habitat that can be set aside for refuges . To save species , what is the optimum ...
... Patchiness poses , in addition , the following difficult dilemma to con- servationists . Suppose that political considerations limit the total area of a habitat that can be set aside for refuges . To save species , what is the optimum ...
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LAWRENCE E GILBERT | 11 |
JARED M DIAMOND | 57 |
BRUCE A WILCOX | 95 |
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adult Africa age class age distribution animals Barro Colorado Island behavior biological biologists biomass birds bush meat captive breeding CAPTIVE PROPAGATION changes Chapter chromosome climatic conservation biology density Diamond dispersal disturbance diversity domestic ecological ecosystems effective population size Eisenberg equation evolutionary example extinction rates faunas fecundity female Figure frugivores gene genetic genetic drift growth rate Guinea habitat harvest heliconiines herbivores heterozygosity home range important inbreeding depression increase individuals insects insular ecology isolated km² land land-bridge islands large mammals loss lowland maintained males mammals mating microhabitats mutualists National Park nature reserves neotropical number of species occur offspring percent plants Pleistocene population growth potential probably production rainfall require result sample SAN DIEGO savanna selection small populations SOCIOBIOLOGY Soulé speciation strategy studies successional survival rates Table taxa Terborgh terrestrial tion trees tropical forests tropical rain forest variance vegetation vertebrates wild wildlife zoos