Bringing together the viewpoints of leading ecologists concerned with the processes that generate patterns of diversity, and evolutionary biologists who focus on mechanisms of speciation, this book opens up discussion in order to broaden understanding of how speciation affects patterns of biological...

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Other Authors:	Butlin, Roger 1955- (Editor), Bridle, Jon (Editor), Schluter, Dolph (Editor), Butlin, Roger (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2009
Series:	Ecological reviews
Subjects:	Species diversity / Congresses Biodiversity / Congresses Muster > Struktur Artbildung Artenreichtum Biodiversität Konferenzschrift
Online Access:	BSB01 FHN01 Volltext
Summary:	Bringing together the viewpoints of leading ecologists concerned with the processes that generate patterns of diversity, and evolutionary biologists who focus on mechanisms of speciation, this book opens up discussion in order to broaden understanding of how speciation affects patterns of biological diversity, especially the uneven distribution of diversity across time, space and taxa studied by macroecologists. The contributors discuss questions such as: Are species equivalent units, providing meaningful measures of diversity? To what extent do mechanisms of speciation affect the functional nature and distribution of species diversity? How can speciation rates be measured using molecular phylogenies or data from the fossil record? What are the factors that explain variation in rates? Written for graduate students and academic researchers, the book promotes a more complete understanding of the interaction between mechanisms and rates of speciation and these patterns in biological diversity
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (x, 333 pages)
ISBN:	9780511815683
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511815683