The unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography /

Hubbell, Stephen P., 1942-

The unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography / Stephen P. Hubbell. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001. - xiv, 375 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. - Monographs in population biology ; 32 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-369).

Machine generated contents note: I -- Preface -- 1. MacArthur and Wilson's Radical Theory -- 2. On Current Theories of Relative Species -- Abundance -- 3. Dynamical Models of the Relative -- Abundance of Species -- 4. Local Community Dynamics under -- Ecological Drift -- 5. Metacommunity Dynamics and the -- Unified Theory -- 6. The Unified Theory and Dynamical -- Species-Area Relationships -- 7. Metapopulations and Biodiversity on the -- Metacommunity Landscape -- 8. Speciation, Phylogeny, and the Evolution -- of Metacommunity Biodiversity -- 9. Sampling, Parameter Estimation, and die -- Generality of the Unified Theory -- 10. Reconciling Dispersal-Assembly and -- Niche-Assembly Theories -- Literature Cited -- Index.

0691021295 (cloth : alk. paper) 0691021287 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Biodiversity.
Biogeography.

QH541.15.B56 / H83 2001

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