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Biological Diversity

Frontiers in Measurement and Assessment

Autor: Anne E. Magurran, Brian J. McGill

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Editura: Oxford University Press

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Biological Diversity provides an up to date, authoritative review of the methods of measuring and as...

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Autor

Anne E. Magurran, Brian J. McGill

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2010

Pagini

368

EAN

9780199580668

ISBN

0199580669

Enbook ID

04533472

Editura

Oxford University Press

Greutate

967

Dimensiuni

195 x 248 x 23

Descriere completă

Biological Diversity provides an up to date, authoritative review of the methods of measuring and assessing biological diversity, together with their application. The book's emphasis is on quantifying the variety, abundance, and occurrence of taxa, and on providing objective and clear guidance for both scientists and managers. This is a fast-moving field and one that is the focus of intense research interest. However the rapid development of new methods, the inconsistent and sometimes confusing application of old ones, and the lack of consensus in the literature about the best approach, means that there is a real need for a current synthesis. Biological Diversity covers fundamental measurement issues such as sampling, re-examines familiar diversity metrics (including species richness, diversity statistics, and estimates of spatial and temporal turnover), discusses species abundance distributions and how best to fit them, explores species occurrence and the spatial structure of biodiversity, and investigates alternative approaches used to assess trait, phylogenetic, and genetic diversity. The final section of the book turns to a selection of contemporary challenges such as measuring microbial diversity, evaluating the impact of disturbance, assessing biodiversity in managed landscapes, measuring diversity in the imperfect fossil record, and using species density estimates in management and conservation.