Fundamentals of Biogeography

Richard John Huggett

436 pages, parution le 15/10/2004 (2^eme édition)

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Résumé

Fundamentals of Biogeography offers a fresh, up-to-date introduction to biogeography, explaining the ecology, geography and history of animals and plants. The book defines and examines populations, communities and ecosystems - examining where different animals and plants live and how they came to be living there, investigating how populations grow, interact and survive, how equilibrium communities are formed and how communities change, and predicting the shape of communities in the twenty-first century.

Stressing the role of ecological, geographical, historical and human factors in fashioning animal and plant distributions, Huggett reveals how life has and is adapting to its biological and physical surroundings. The book includes several sections on how human attitudes to Nature differ, and how biogeography can affect conservation practice. Besides explaining key concepts and interactions, Huggett tackles many topical and controversial environmental and ethical concerns including: animal rights, species exploitation, habitat fragmentation, biodiversity, metapopulations, patchy landscapes and chaos.

Illustrated throughout with informative diagrams and photos, and including chapter summaries, guides to further reading and an extensive glossary of key terms, Fundamentals of Biogeography presents an engaging introduction for students and all those interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the key topics and debates within the fields of biogeography, ecology and the environment.

L'auteur - Richard John Huggett

Richard Huggett is a Reader in Geography at the University of Manchester. He is a physical geographer with broad interests in environmental systems.

Sommaire

Part 1: Introducing Biogeography
- What is Biogeography?
- Biogeographical Processes I: Speciation, Diversification and Extinction
- Biogeographical Proccesses II: Dispersal
- Biogeographical Patterns: Distributions
Part 2: Ecological Biogeography
- Habitats, Environments and Niches
- Climate and Life
- Substrate and Life
- Topography and Life
- Disturbance
- Populations
- Interacting Populations
- Communities
- Community Change
Part 3: Historical Biogeography
- Dispersal and Diversification in the Distant Past
- Vicariance in the Distant Past
- Past Community Change
Part 4: Conservation Biogeography
- Conserving Species and Populations
- Conserving Communities and Ecosystem

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Routledge
Auteur(s)	Richard John Huggett
Parution	15/10/2004
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	436
Format	19 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	970g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780415323475