Species Richness Patterns in the Diversity of Life /
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2009.
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Edition: | 1st ed. 2009. |
Series: | Environmental Sciences
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74278-4 |
Table of Contents:
- Local-scale patterns in species richness
- The Holy Grail of ecology: Latitudinal gradients
- Deep time and mass extinctions
- Hotspots and coldspots
- The march of Cain: Humans as a destroyer of species
- Knowing what is out there
- The current threats
- Holding on to what is left.