Biological Diversity

NOTE EDITORE

Biological Diversity provides an up to date, authoritative review of the methods of measuring and assessing biological diversity, together with their application. The book's emphasis is on quantifying the variety, abundance, and occurrence of taxa, and on providing objective and clear guidance for both scientists and managers. This is a fast-moving field and one that is the focus of intense research interest. However the rapid development of new methods, the inconsistent and sometimes confusing application of old ones, and the lack of consensus in the literature about the best approach, means that there is a real need for a current synthesis. Biological Diversity covers fundamental measurement issues such as sampling, re-examines familiar diversity metrics (including species richness, diversity statistics, and estimates of spatial and temporal turnover), discusses species abundance distributions and how best to fit them, explores species occurrence and the spatial structure of biodiversity, and investigates alternative approaches used to assess trait, phylogenetic, and genetic diversity. The final section of the book turns to a selection of contemporary challenges such as measuring microbial diversity, evaluating the impact of disturbance, assessing biodiversity in managed landscapes, measuring diversity in the imperfect fossil record, and using species density estimates in management and conservation.

SOMMARIO

1 - Challenges and Opportunities in Biodiversity Assessment2 - An Overview of Sampling Issues in Species Diversity and Abundance Surveys3 - Biodiversity Monitoring: the Relevance of Detectability4 - Estimating Species Richness5 - Measurement of Species Diversity6 - Compositional Similarity and Beta Diversity7 - Measuring Biological Diversity in Time (and Space)8 - Commonness and Rarity9 - Species Abundance Distributions10 - Fitting and Empirical Evaluation of Models for Species Abundance Distributions11 - Species Occurrence and Occupancy12 - Measuring the Spatial Structure of Biodiversity13 - A Primer of Trait Diversity14 - Measuring Phylogenetic Biodiversity15 - Genetic Methods for Biodiversity Assessment16 - Microbial Diversity and Ecology17 - Biodiversity and Disturbance18 - Measuring Biodiversity in Managed Landscapes19 - Estimating Extinction with the Fossil Record20 - Estimating Species Density21 - Conclusions

AUTORE

Anne Magurran is a professor at the University of St Andrews, Scotland and an ecologist interested in the measurement, conservation and evolution of biological diversity. She has current research projects in Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico and the UK and is the author of Ecological Diversity and its Measurement (1988) and Measuring Biological Diversity (2004). Brian McGill is a professor at the University of Arizona. He is interested in understanding and measuring how human-caused global change (especially global warming and land cover change) affect communities of organisms. He works with large datasets from many different types of organisms and locations.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780199580668
• Dimensioni: 248 x 23.4 x 195 mm Ø 967 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: 70 black and white illustrations
• Pagine Arabe: 368