Species Richness Patterns in the Diversity of Life /

• Main Author: Adams, Jonathan. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Ecology.; Biodiversity.; Endangered ecosystems.; Environmental sciences.; Nature Conservation.; Life Sciences.; Environment, general.; Ecosystems.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74278-4

This is a readable, informative and up-to-date account of the patterns and controls on biodiversity. The author describes major trends in species richness, along with uncertainties in current knowledge. The various possible explanations for past and present species patterns are discussed and explain...

Table of Contents:

• Preface: Why the book was written, aims of the book, acknowledgements; 1. Latitudinal gradients
• 2. The depth of time
• 3. Hotspots in species richness
• 4. Local scale patterns in species richness
• 5. Knowing what is out there
• 6: Humans and extinctions in history and prehistory
• 7. Present threats  habitat change and global change
• 8. Conserving what we have.