Natural systems : : the organisation of life / / Markus P. Eichhorn.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Chichester, UK ;, Hoboken, NJ : : John Wiley & Sons,, 2016. |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (414 pages) :; illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : defining nature
- What is a species?
- The history of life
- How many species are there?
- Measuring diversity
- Niches
- Patterns in species richness
- Drivers of diversity
- Does diversity matter?
- Organisation at the community scale
- Stability
- Changes through time
- Changes through space
- Global patterns of life
- Regional species richness
- Latitudinal gradients
- Earth history
- Dispersal
- Life on islands
- Reinventing islands
- What is a natural system?.