Plants on islands : diversity and dynamics on a continental archipelago / Martin L. Cody.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cody, Martin L., 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Island plants--British Columbia--Barkley Sound Region.

Island plants.

Plant communities--British Columbia--Barkley Sound Region.

Plant communities.

Vegetation dynamics--British Columbia--Barkley Sound Region.

Vegetation dynamics.

Phytogeography--British Columbia--Barkley Sound Region.

Phytogeography.

Plant ecology--British Columbia--Barkley Sound Region.

Plant ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This thorough and meticulous study, the result of nearly a quarter-century of research, examines the island biogeography of plants on continental islands in Barkley Sound, British Columbia. Invaluable both because of its geographical setting and because of the duration of the study, Plants on Islands summarizes the diversity, dynamics, and distribution of the approximately three hundred species of plants on more than two hundred islands. Martin Cody uses his extensive data set to test various aspects of island biogeographic theory. His thoughtful analysis, constrained by taxon and region, elucidates and enhances the understanding of the biogeographic patterns and dynamics. He provides an overview of the basic theory, concepts, and analytical tools of island biogeography. Also discussed are island relaxation to lower equilibrium species numbers post-isolation, plant distributions variously limited by island area, isolation and climatic differences, adaptation to local abiotic and biotic environments within islands, and the evolution of different island phenotypes. The book concludes with a valuable consideration of equilibrium concepts and of the interplay of coexistence and competition. Certain to challenge, Plants on Islands is among the first books to critically analyze the central tenets of the theory of island biogeography.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Islands in Barkley Sound, British Columbia

3. Island biogeography : concepts, theory, and data

4. Species number, island area, and isolation

5. Nestedness and assembly rules

6. Species turnover in space and time

7. Dispersal syndromes, incidence, and dynamics

8. Ecological and evolutionary shifts on continental islands

9. Synopsis : lessons from a continental archipelago.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612359026

9781282359024

1282359029

9781423789673

1423789679

9780520932722

0520932722

9781601293817

160129381X

OCLC:

475990122