Species Diversity in Space and Time by Michael L Rosenzweig

Species Diversity in Space and Time by Michael L Rosenzweig

Why do larger areas have more species? What makes diversity so high near the equator? Has the number of species grown during the past 600 million years? Does habitat diversity support species diversity, or is it the other way around? What reduces diversity in ecologically productive places? At what scales of space and time do diversity patterns hold? Do the mechanisms that produce them vary with scale? This book examines these questions and many others, by employing both theory and data in the search for answers. Surprisingly, many of the questions have reasonably likely answers. By identifying these, attention can be turned toward life's many, still-unexplained diversity patterns. As evolutionary ecologists race to understand biodiversity before it is too late, this book will help set the agenda for diversity research into the next century.

'I will recommend Species Diversity in Space and Time to my graduate students to read because the good bits outweigh the badIt will give us much to think about, and should generate some lively debates.' John H. Lawton, Nature

Michael L. Rosenzweig is Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona and a Fellow of the Morris K. Udall Center for Public Policy.

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ISBN 13	9780521499521
ISBN 10	0521499526
Title	Species Diversity in Space and Time
Author	Michael L Rosenzweig
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1995-05-04
Number of pages	460
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