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Island colonization : the origin and development of island communities

Thornton, I. W. B <Ian W. B.>

eBook 2007

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A personal and readable review of how plants and animals colonize islands
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Description *Island colonization : the origin and development of island communities / Ian Thornton ; edited by Tim New
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007
1 online resource (xii, 287 pages) : illustrations, maps
Note Formato pdf/epub
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ISBN 9781280815546
9780511618710
9780511275333
9780511274633
128081554X
0511618719
0511275331
0511274637
9780521854849
9780521671064
9780511273865
9780511273070
0521854849
052167106X
051127386X
051127307X
Series Ecological reviews
Author
Thornton, I. W. B <Ian W. B.>
Coauthor
New, T. R.
Publication year 2007
Contents note pt. 1. Theoretical and experimental studies. Introduction -- Theoretical and experimental colonization -- pt. 2. Natural recolonization after devastation. A clean slate? -- Life returns: primary colonization of devastated surfaces -- pt. 3. The recolonizaton of devastated islands. Recovering island biotas: Volcano and Barcena -- Thera, Santorini group, Mediterranean -- Long and Ritter Islands, Bismarck Sea -- Krakatau, Sunda Strait -- pt. 4. Assembly of biotas on new islands. Lake Wisdom: a new island of fresh water -- New islands in the sea -- Anak Krakatau, Krakatau's child, b. 1933 -- Surtsey, Island of Surtur, b. 1963 -- Motmot: an emergent island in fresh water -- pt. 5. Colonization and assembly. Dispersal -- Stepping stone islands: the case of Sebesi -- Learning from nature's lessons