Species Richness Patterns in the Diversity of Life /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adams, Jonathan. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edition:1st ed. 2009.
Series:Environmental Sciences
Subjects:
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.