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Scaling biodiversity
Title statement Scaling biodiversity / edited by David Storch, Pablo A. Marquet, James H. Brown Publication Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007 Phys.des. 1 online zdroj (498 stran) ISBN 9781139528030 1139528033 9781139525640 (online ; pdf) 1139525646 9781139530316 1139530313 128352838X 9781283528382 9780511814938 0511814933 Edition Ecological reviews Note M3 The model of stable proportion of area within levels. Související tištěná kniha má jiný počet stran Internal Bibliographies/Indexes Note Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy a rejstřík Contents Cover; Scaling Biodiversity; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; References; Preface; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction: scaling biodiversity -- what is the problem?; Part I. Spatial scaling of species richness and distribution; Part II. Alternative measures of biodiversity: taxonomy, phylogeny, and turnover; Part III. Scaling of biological diversity with energy and the latitudinal biodiversity gradient; Part IV. Processes, perspectives, and syntheses; Concluding remarks; References; PART I: Spatial scaling of species richness and distribution. Content note CHAPTER TWO: Species-area curves and the geometry of natureIntroduction; Gradient analysis; The geometry of heterogeneity and the species-area relationship; The fractal geometry of the landscape and species richness; Multiple gradients; The Environmental Texture Model of the triphasic species-area curve; Low D at fine scales; High D at intermediate scales; Low D at broad scales; Exceptions; The case of mountainous regions; Richness of North American vascular floras in mountainous regions; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References.. CHAPTER THREE: The distribution of species: occupancy, scale, and rarityIntroduction; Occupancy-area models; Testing the models; Random and fractal simulations; Species distributions at the local scale; Species distributions at the regional scale; Estimating occupancy at fine scales from the occupancy at coarse scales; Comparing the slope between rare and common species; Discussion; Acknowledgments; References; CHAPTER FOUR: Species distribution patterns, diversity scaling and testing for fractals in southern African birds; Introduction; Methods; The fractal model; The cross-scale model.. Synthetic realizations of the cross-scale modelModel fitting: testing for fractal and cross-scale relationships; Maximum likelihood estimation; A comparison with the saturation model; Species distribution data; Species-area relationships; Results; Discussion; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; CHAPTER FIVE: Geometry of species distributions: random clustering and scale invariance; Introduction; Self-similarity and hierarchical aggregation; Fractals; Generalized fractals; Generating generalized fractals -- models of more or less random multiscale aggregation; M1 The fractal model.. M2 The model of stable proportion of occupied area among levelsM3 The model of stable proportion of area within levels; M4 The random proportion model; M5 The area- and taxa-invariance model; Model properties and tests; The relationship between area and probability of occurrence; The species-area relationship; Frequency distribution of the occupied Euclidean area; Discussion and conclusions; Acknowledgments; Appendix 5.I: The area- and taxa-invariant distribution; Appendix 5. II: Calculating the distribution of occupied areas; M2 The model of stable proportion of occupied area between levels. Notes to Availability Přístup pouze pro oprávněné uživatele Note Způsob přístupu: World Wide Web Defekty eBooks on EBSCOhost Another responsib. Storch, David, 1970- (editor) Marquet, P. A. (Pablo A.), 1963- (editor) Brown, James H., 1942 září 25.- (editor) Related item Scaling biodiversity Subj. Headings biodiverzita biodiversity * environmentální aspekty environmental aspects Form, Genre elektronické knihy electronic books Conspect 574 - Obecná ekologie UDC 574.1 , 502/504 , (0.034.2:08) Country Anglie Language angličtina Document kind Electronic sources URL http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=466660 book
Leading experts in ecology present new, innovative, views on quantitative patterns of biological diversity.
Cover; Scaling Biodiversity; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; References; Preface; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction: scaling biodiversity -- what is the problem?; Part I. Spatial scaling of species richness and distribution; Part II. Alternative measures of biodiversity: taxonomy, phylogeny, and turnover; Part III. Scaling of biological diversity with energy and the latitudinal biodiversity gradient; Part IV. Processes, perspectives, and syntheses; Concluding remarks; References; PART I: Spatial scaling of species richness and distribution.CHAPTER TWO: Species-area curves and the geometry of natureIntroduction; Gradient analysis; The geometry of heterogeneity and the species-area relationship; The fractal geometry of the landscape and species richness; Multiple gradients; The Environmental Texture Model of the triphasic species-area curve; Low D at fine scales; High D at intermediate scales; Low D at broad scales; Exceptions; The case of mountainous regions; Richness of North American vascular floras in mountainous regions; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References.CHAPTER THREE: The distribution of species: occupancy, scale, and rarityIntroduction; Occupancy-area models; Testing the models; Random and fractal simulations; Species distributions at the local scale; Species distributions at the regional scale; Estimating occupancy at fine scales from the occupancy at coarse scales; Comparing the slope between rare and common species; Discussion; Acknowledgments; References; CHAPTER FOUR: Species distribution patterns, diversity scaling and testing for fractals in southern African birds; Introduction; Methods; The fractal model; The cross-scale model.Synthetic realizations of the cross-scale modelModel fitting: testing for fractal and cross-scale relationships; Maximum likelihood estimation; A comparison with the saturation model; Species distribution data; Species-area relationships; Results; Discussion; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; CHAPTER FIVE: Geometry of species distributions: random clustering and scale invariance; Introduction; Self-similarity and hierarchical aggregation; Fractals; Generalized fractals; Generating generalized fractals -- models of more or less random multiscale aggregation; M1 The fractal model.M2 The model of stable proportion of occupied area among levelsM3 The model of stable proportion of area within levels; M4 The random proportion model; M5 The area- and taxa-invariance model; Model properties and tests; The relationship between area and probability of occurrence; The species-area relationship; Frequency distribution of the occupied Euclidean area; Discussion and conclusions; Acknowledgments; Appendix 5.I: The area- and taxa-invariant distribution; Appendix 5. II: Calculating the distribution of occupied areas; M2 The model of stable proportion of occupied area between levels.
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