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1. The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions
by David Quammen
Why have island ecosystems always suffered such high rates of extinction ? In our age, with all the world's landscapes, from Tasmania to the Amazon ... More
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2. Ecology: The Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance
by Charles J. Krebs
Charles Krebs' best-selling majors-level text approaches ecology as a series of problems that are best understood by evaluating empirical evidence ... More
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3. Columbian Exchange Biological ( Contributions in American Studies )
by Alfred W Crosby
"The best thing about this book is its overarching thesis, the concept of a Columbian exchange. This provocative device permits Crosby to shape a lot ... More
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4. Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900
by Alfred W Crosby
Alfred Crosby explains how the Europeans' displacement and replacement of the native peoples in the temperate zones was more a matter of biology than ... More
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5. Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach
by C Barry Cox
"Biologists searching for a resource that explores all of the exciting changes that have occurred recently in the field will turn to this eighth ... More
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6. Biogeography
by Mark V Lomolino
"Rev. ed. of: Biogeography / Mark V. Lomolino, Brett R. Riddle, James H. Brown. 3rd ed."
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8. Lost Land of the Dodo: An Ecological History of Mauritius, Reunion & Rodrigues
by Anthony Cheke, Julian Hume
Uninhabited by humans, the Mascarene Islands of the Indian Ocean were once home to an extraordinary range of birds and reptiles: giant tortoises, ... More
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9. Island Life
by Alfred Russell Wallace
As the co-formulator with Charles Darwin of the theory of biological evolution via natural selection, naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913), ... More
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10. Geographical Ecology: Patterns in the Distribution of Species
by Robert H MacArthur
First published in 1972 and now available for the first time in paperback, this book is the summation of the life work of one of the most influential ... More
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11. Biogeography
by James H. Brown
List of all editionsOffers a broad, conceptual approach, which brings together the specialized subdivisions on both plants and animals into a single text. The book is ... More
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12. The Theory of Island Biogeography
by Robert H MacArthur, Edward Osborne Wilson (Preface by)
List of all editionsBiogeography was stuck in a "natural history phase" dominated by the collection of data, the young Princeton biologists Robert H. MacArthur and ... More
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13. Species Diversity in Space and Time
by Michael L Rosenzweig
List of all editionsA lively account of the big questions about biodiversity being posed by ecologists today.
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14. Conservation Biogeography
by Richard J. Ladle (Editor), Robert J. Whittaker (Editor)
List of all editionsThe Earth's ecosystems are in the midst of an unprecedented period of change as a result of human action. Many habitats have been completely ... More
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15. Space, time and life : the science of biogeography
by Glen MacDonald
List of all editionsThe goal of biogeography is to build an understanding of biogeography as a unified science studying how environment, space and time interact to ... More
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16. Nitrogen Cycling in the Americas: Natural and Anthropogenic Influences and Controls
by Luiz A Martinelli (Editor), Robert W Howarth (Editor)
List of all editionsAdvances in our understanding of the nitrogen cycle and the impact of anthropogenic activities on regional to global scales depend on the expansion ... More
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17. Island Biogeography: Ecology, Evolution and Conservation
by Robert Whittaker
List of all editionsIsland biogeography is the study of the distribution and dynamics of species in island environments. Due to their isolation from more widespread ... More
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18. The ecology of invasions by animals and plants.
by Charles S. Elton
List of all editionsMuch as Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" was a call to action against the pesticides that were devastating bird populations, Charles S. Elton's ... More
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19. Here Be Dragons: How the Study of Animal and Plant Distributions Revolutionized Our Views of Life and Earth
by Dennis McCarthy
List of all editionsWhy do we find polar bears only in the Arctic and penguins only in the Antarctic? Why do oceanic islands often have many types of birds but no large ... More
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20. The Tongass: Alaska's Vanishing Rain Forest - The Photographs of Robert Glenn Ketchum
by Robert Glenn Ketchum, Carey D. Ketchum, Roderick Nash (Introduction by)
List of all editionsRobert Glenn Ketchum has created a vivid document of the Tongass National Forest, one of America's rarest national treasures. His emphasis is on the ... More
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21. Tropical Rain Forests: An Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison
by Richard T. Corlett, Richard B. Primack
List of all editions* The only comprehensive volume covering all the world's rain forest systems* Illustrated in full colour throughout* Written by two of the world's ... More
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22. From the Atacama to Makalu: A Journey to Extreme Environments on Earth and Beyond
by Rodolfo T. Arrieta
List of all editionsIt is still uncertain if there is, or has ever been, life on Mars. Life on Mars would face some unique challenges. These challenges may be similar to ... More
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23. Fundamentals of Biogeography
by Richard John Huggett
List of all editionsFundamentals of Biogeography presents an accessible, engaging and comprehensive introduction to biogeography, explaining the ecology, geography, ... More
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24. An Introduction to Applied Biogeography
by Ian F Spellerberg, John W D Sawyer, Tony Whitten (Foreword by)
List of all editionsAn introductory textbook on the study of plant and animal distribution and the applications of biogeography.
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25. Evolutionary Biogeography: An Integrative Approach with Case Studies
by Juan J Morrone
List of all editions"Rather than favoring only one approach, Juan J. Morrone proposes a comprehensive treatment of the developments and theories of evolutionary ... More







