The Structure and Dynamics of Geographic Ranges

The Structure and Dynamics of Geographic Ranges
Author: Kevin J. Gaston
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2003-05-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0191545856

No species occurs everywhere. Indeed, the majority are absent from most places, and where they do occur they are usually quite rare. Gaston discusses the structure of these distributions - the structure of the geographic ranges of species. Gaston is particularly concerned with the factors that determine the limits to a species' geographic range, how the sizes of those ranges vary, and patterns in that variation. Also considered are the distribution of individuals amongst those sites where a species does occur and what determines that distribution, and some of the practical implications of all these. Both in a pure and applied context, ecologists need a broader perspective on their subject matter than has historically prevailed. This book provides one such perspective. A must have book for any researchers and graduate students studying macroecology, biogeography and conservation biology.

AHBBuc

AHBBuc
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2003
Genre: Botany
ISBN:

Annals of Botany

Annals of Botany
Author: Isaac Bayley Balfour
Publisher:
Total Pages: 900
Release: 1914
Genre: Botany
ISBN:

Vols. 1-13 include Botanical necrology for 1887-89; vols. 1-4 include section called Record of current literature.

Bibliography on Seed Morphology

Bibliography on Seed Morphology
Author: Hans Arne Jensen
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1998-06-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9789054104506

Seeds are a vital part of life on earth. They are fundamental for plant reproduction, and many seeds play an important role in the diet of man and domestic and wild animals. Knowledge of the appearance of seeds - seed morphology - is of great importance to botany and seed identification in relation to: seed setting, quarantine work, forensic work, seed poisening, studies of seed dispersal, seed banks and archaeological studies.;This bibliography contains 3775 references and is divided in two parts: handbooks, and articles and monographs. In the latter the bibliographical reference is supplemented by information of importance to seed identificaiton: genera mentioned in articles, keys, descriptions, drawings, photograph, scanning electron micrographs, anatomy and chemical methods. The index of authors contains the names of an extensive number of authors, cited in the bibliography, and in the index of genera more than 3900 genera, described in one or more of the publications are cited.