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Species diversity is marked by some interesting facts--such as larger areas have more species, and diversity is particularly high near the equator. Other factors to consider are what reduces diversity in ecologically productive places and across what scales of space and time diversity patterns hold. This book examines these questions and many others, the author employing both theory and data in his 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 and will be useful to graduate students and researchers in ecology and evolutionary and conservation biology.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 3 reviews)

Great explanations of species diversity by E. Osier (Morgantown, WV)

5 Stars
July 27, 2004
My graduate advisor recommended this book and I'm getting a copy for myself. It is full of useful, clear-cut information about the complexities that create the diversity we see everywhere within the natural world. It is easy to read, almost conversational, with numerous examples from all areas of ecological research. There are many graphs to visually explain the patterns described and not too many difficult, complex formulas (only the necessary ones).

Diversity described by who knows by Luis Cláudio (Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brasil)

4 Stars
January 20, 2001
This work matches with my thesis, describing diversity in all aspects along a gradient of space and time. It's a great review of some theories and thoughts.

Seral and evolutionary consideration well interwoven by Tom Lum Forest (Forest Grove, OR USA)

5 Stars
June 28, 2000
Some chapter titles: Patterns in Space; Patterns in Time; Dimensionless patterns (body size, food chain patterns); Speciation; Extinction; Species-Area Curves; Energy Flow and DiversityI have used this work as a foundation for simulation modeling of biodiversity in seral and evolutionary time frames. It's intended as a textbook, though knowledgeable lay people will find its richness rewarding.

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