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Biodiversity

An Ecological Perspective

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Takuya Abe

    1. Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Otsu, Japan

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  2. Simon A. Levin

    1. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, USA

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  3. Masahiko Higashi

    1. Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Edward O. Wilson
      Pages 1-5

  3. Ecological Causes of Biodiversity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Biogeographic Patterns of Avian Diversity in Australia

      • Jiro Kikkawa
      Pages 9-20

    3. The Role of Architecture in Enhancing Plant Species Diversity

      • Takashi Kohyama
      Pages 21-33

    4. Species Coexistence and Abundance:Patterns and Processes

      • Mutsunori Tokeshi
      Pages 35-55

  4. Evolutionary Causes of Biodiversity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
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    2. Extinction and the Evolutionary Process

      • Niles Eldredge
      Pages 59-73

    3. Diversity and Evolution of Symbiotic Interactions

      • Norio Yamamura
      Pages 75-82

    4. Global Diversification of Termites Driven by the Evolution of Symbiosis and Sociality

      • Masahiko Higashi, Takuya Abe
      Pages 83-112

  5. Biodiversity and Ecological Complexity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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    2. Plant-Mediated Interactions Between Herbivorous Insects

      • Takayuki Ohgushi
      Pages 115-130

    3. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles with Multifunctional Effects in Ecosystems: A Complex Pattern of Biotic Interactions

      • Junji Takabayashi, Marcel Dicke
      Pages 131-145

    4. How a Butterfly Copes with the Problem of Biological Diversity

      • Daniel R. Papaj
      Pages 147-163

  6. Biodiversity and Ecological Function

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. Successional Development, Energetics and Diversity in Planktonic Communities

      • Colin S. Reynolds
      Pages 167-202

    3. Food Web Structure and Biodiversity in Lake Ecosystems

      • Keiichi Kawabata, Masami Nakanishi
      Pages 203-213

    4. The Role of Species in Ecosystems: Aspects of Ecological Complexity and Biological Diversity

      • John H. Lawton
      Pages 215-228

  7. Management for Biodiversity Conservation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-229
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    2. Sources and Management of Biodiversity in the Russian Far East

      • Yuri N. Zhuravlev
      Pages 231-247
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Despite acknowledgment that loss of living diversity is an international biological crisis, the ecological causes and consequences of extinction have not yet been widely addressed. In honor of Edward O. Wilson, winner of the 1993 International Prize for Biology, an international group of distinguished biologists bring ecological, evolutionary, and management perspectives to the issue of biodiversity. The roles of ecosystem processes, community structure and population dynamics are considered in this book. The goal, as Wilson writes in his introduction, is "to assemble concepts that unite the disciplines of systematics and ecology, and in so doing to create a sound scientific basis for the future management of biodiversity."

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Otsu, Japan

    Takuya Abe

  • Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, USA

    Simon A. Levin

  • Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan

    Masahiko Higashi

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