"Biodiversity and Extinction" ed. by John C. Avise, Stephen P. Hubbell, and Francisco J. Ayala
Stackler Colloquium series, "In the Light of Evolution", Volume II. National Academy of Sciences
NAS Press | 2008 | ISBN: 0309127440 0309127432 9780309127431 | 434 pages | PDF | 12 MB
Stackler Colloquium series, "In the Light of Evolution", Volume II. National Academy of Sciences
NAS Press | 2008 | ISBN: 0309127440 0309127432 9780309127431 | 434 pages | PDF | 12 MB
This is the second volume from the In the Light of Evolution series, based on a series of Arthur M. Sackler colloquia, and designed to promote the evolutionary sciences. The book explores evolutionary perspectives on a particular biological topic that is scientifically intriguing but also has special relevance to contemporary societal issues or challenges.
Contents
Arthur M. Sackler Biography
Preface to the In the Light of Evolution Series
Preface to In the Light of Evoluion Volume II: Biodiversity and Extinction
PART I CONTEMPORARY PATTERNS AND PROCESSES IN ANIMALS
1 Ecological Extinction and Evolution in the Brave New Ocean
2 Are We in the Midst of the Sixth Mass Extinction?
A View from the World of Amphibians
3 Patterns of Biodiversity and Endemism on Indo-West Pacific Coral Reefs
4 Homage to Linnaeus: How Many Parasites? How Many Hosts?
PART II CONTEMPORARY PATTERNS AND PROCESSES IN PLANTS AND MICROBES 83
5 Species Invasions and Extinction: The Future of Native Biodiversity on Islands
6 How Many Tree Species Are There in the Amazon and How Many of Them Will Go Extinct?
7 Microbes on Mountainsides: Contrasting Elevational Patterns of Bacterial and Plant Diversity
8 Resistance, Resilience, and Redundancy in Microbial Communities
PART III TRENDS AND PROCESSES IN THE PALEONTOLOGICAL PAST
9 Extinction as the Loss of Evolutionary History
10 Extinction and the Spatial Dynamics of Biodiversity
11 Dynamics of Origination and Extinction in the Marine Fossil Record
12 Megafauna Biomass Tradeoff as a Driver of Quaternary and Future Extinctions
PART IV PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE
13 A Phylogenetic Perspective on the Distribution of Plant Diversity
14 Phylogenetic Trees and the Future of Mammalian Biodiversity
15 Three Ambitious (and Rather Unorthodox) Assignments for the Field of Biodiversity Genetics
16 Engaging the Public in Biodiversity Issues
17 Further Engaging the Public on Biodiversity Issues
18 Where Does Biodiversity Go From Here? A Grim Business-as-Usual Forecast and a Hopeful Portfolio of Partial Solutions
References
Index
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