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The Loom of Life Unravelling Ecosystems

How can thousands of tree species coexist in a patch of tropical rainforest where there seem to be just a handful of niches? Why does biodiversity boom at the equator and plummet at the poles? Questions like these are central to modern ecology, where the gap between the familiar "niche" an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schilthuizen, Menno
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2008, 2008
Edition:1st ed. 2008
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Evolutionary Biology
Theoretical And Statistical Ecology
Evolution (biology)
Ecosystems
Biotic Communities
Ecology 
Ecology
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:How can thousands of tree species coexist in a patch of tropical rainforest where there seem to be just a handful of niches? Why does biodiversity boom at the equator and plummet at the poles? Questions like these are central to modern ecology, where the gap between the familiar "niche" and the staggering (but sharply decreasing) global biodiversity seems to become ever wider. This book helps students and the general reader to bridge that gap, by tip-toeing from the smallest to the largest ecosystems
Physical Description:XVI, 168 p. 14 illus online resource
ISBN:9783540680581

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