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In the light of evolution. Volume II, Biodiversity and extinction
Title
In the light of evolution. Volume II, Biodiversity and extinction [electronic resource] / John C. Avise, Stephen P. Hubbell, and Francisco J. Ayala, editors.
ISBN
0309667860 (PDF)
9780309667869 (PDF)
0309127432
9780309127431
Published
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2008.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xviii, 414 p.) : ill. (some col.)
Notes
Title from home page (viewed July 29, 2011).
Summary
"This is the second volume from the In the Light of Evolution series, based on a series of Arthur M. Sackler colloquia, and designed to promote the evolutionary sciences. Each installment explores evolutionary perspectives on a particular biological topic that is scientifically intriguing but also has special relevance to contemporary societal issues or challenges. Individually and collectively, the ILE series aims to interpret phenomena in various areas of biology through the lens of evolution, address some of the most intellectually engaging as well as pragmatically important societal issues of our times, and foster a greater appreciation of evolutionary biology as a consolidating foundation for the life sciences."--Publisher's description.
Variant and related titles
Biodiversity and extinction
In the light of evolution 2
In the light of evolution II
In the light of evolution two
National Academies Press.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 23, 2013
Series
Sackler Colloquium series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-394) and index.
Contents
Part I. Contemporary patterns and processes in animals. Ecological extinction and evolution in the brave new ocean / Jeremy B.C. Jackson
Are we in the midst of the sixth great extinction? : a view from the world of amphibians / David B. Wake and Vance T. Vredenburg
Patterns of biodiversity and endemism on Indo-West Pacific coral reefs / Marjorie L. Reaka, Paula J. Rogers, and Alexei U. Kudla
Homage to Linnaeus : how many parasites? How many hosts? / Andy Dobson, Kevin D. Lafferty, Armand M. Kuris, Ryan F. Hechinger, and Walter Jetz
Part II. Contemporary patterns and processes in plants and microbes. Species invasions and extinction : the future of native biodiversity on islands / Dov F. Sax and Steven D. Gaines
How many tree species are there in the Amazon and how many of them will go extinct? / Stephen P. Hubbell, Fangliang He, Richard Condit, Luis Borda-de-Água, James Kellner and Hans Ter Steege
Microbes on mountainsides : contrasting elevational patterns of bacterial and plant diversity / Jessica A. Bryant, Christine Lamanna, Hélène Morlon, Andrew J. Kerkhoff, Brian J. Enquist, and Jessica L. Green
Resistance, resilience, and redundancy in microbial communities / Steve D. Allison and Jennifer B.H. Martiny
Part III. Trends and processes in the paleontological past. Exinction as the loss of evolutionary history / Douglas H. Erwin
Exintction and the spacial dynamics of biodiversity / David Jablonski
Dynamics of origination and extinction in the marine fossil record / John Alroy
Megafauna biomass tradeoff as a driver of quarternary and future extinctions / Anthony D. Barnosky
Part IV. Prospects for the future. A phylogenetic perspective on the distribution of plant diversity / Michael J. Donoghue
Phylogenetic trees and the future of mammalian biodiversity / T. Jonathan Davies, Susanne A. Fritz, Richard Grenyer, C. David L. Orme, Jon Bielby, Olaf R. Binida-Emonds, Marcel Cardillo, Kate E. Jones, John L. Gittleman, Georgina M. Mace, and Andy Purvis
Three ambitious (and rather unorthodox) assignments for the field of biodiversity genetics / John C. Avise
Engaging the public in biodiversity issues / Michael J. Novacek
Further engaging the public on biodiversity issues / Peter J. Bryant
Where does biodiversity go from here? : a grim business-as-usual forecast and a hopeful portfolio of partial solutions / Paul R . Ehrlich and Robert M. Pringle.
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