Biotic Homogenization

1. Front Matter

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2. Biotic Homogenization: A Sequential and Selective Process

   • Michael L. McKinney, Julie L. Lockwood

   Pages 1-17

3. Biotic Homogenization: Lessons from the Past

   • Kaustuv Roy, Jeffrey S. Kauffman

   Pages 19-32

4. Birds and Butterflies Along Urban Gradients in Two Ecoregions of the United States: Is Urbanization Creating a Homogeneous Fauna?

   • Robert B. Blair

   Pages 33-56

5. Rarity and Phylogeny in Birds

   • Thomas J. Webb, Melanie Kershaw, Kevin J. Gaston

   Pages 57-80

6. Hybridization Between Native and Alien Plants and its Consequences

   • Curtis C. Daehler, Debbie A. Carino

   Pages 81-102

7. Taxonomic Selectivity in Surviving Introduced Insects in the United States

   • Diego P. Vázquez, Daniel Simberloff

   Pages 103-124

8. Are Unsuccessful Avian Invaders Rarer in Their Native Range Than Successful Invaders?

   • Thomas Brooks

   Pages 125-155

9. A Geographical Perspective on the Biotic Homogenization Process: Implications from the Macroecology of North American Birds

   • Brian A. Maurer, Eric T. Linder, David Gammon

   Pages 157-177

10. Global Warming, Temperature Homogenization and Species Extinction

    • J. L. Green, J. Harte, A. Ostling

    Pages 179-199

11. The History and Ecological Basis of Extinction and Speciation in Birds

    • Peter M. Bennett, Ian P. F. Owens, Jonathan E. M. Baillie

    Pages 201-222

12. Downsizing Nature: Anthropogenic Dwarfing of Species and Ecosystems

    • Mark V. Lomolino, Rob Channell, David R. Perault, Gregory A. Smith

    Pages 223-243

13. Spatial Homogenization of the Aquatic Fauna of Tennessee: Extinction and Invasion Following Land Use Change and Habitat Alteration

    • Jeffrey R. Duncan, Julie L. Lockwood

    Pages 245-257

14. Homogenization of California’s Fish Fauna Through Abiotic Change

    • Michael P. Marchetti, Theo Light, Joaquin Feliciano, Trip Armstrong, Zeb Hogan, Joshua Viers et al.

    Pages 259-278

15. Back Matter

    Pages 279-289

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Biological homogenization is the dominant process shaping the future global biosphere. As global transportation becomes faster and more frequent, it is inevitable that biotic intermixing will increase. Unique local biotas will become extinct only to be replaced by already widespread biotas that can tolerate human activities. This process is affecting all aspects of our world: language, economies, and ecosystems alike. The ultimate outcome is the loss of uniqueness and the growth of uniformity. In this way, fast food restaurants exist in Moscow and Java Sparrows breed on Hawaii.
Biological homogenization qualifies as a global environmental catastrophe. The Earth has never witnessed such a broad and complete reorganization of species distributions.

• Ecology
• biosphere
• ecoregion
• ecosystem
• ecosystems
• environment
• fauna
• organization
• phylogeny

`Biotic Homogenization is a useful and interesting compilation. Certainly it belongs in the stacks of any library aiming to have a good natural sciences collection, and it might serve well as a textbook for courses addressing issues of biodiversity or species invasion in an in-depth fashion. Each chapter's commendable list of references cited will no doubt make life easier for a number of graduate students in the coming years, and the peer-review quality of each author's contribution makes the book a notable reference work, one which can serve as a primary source in its own right.'
Rich Haydon, Lake Wenatchee and Leavenworth Ranger Districts, US Forest Service in Natural Areas Journal, 22:3
`Overall, the book addresses a very important and increasing problem and provides some very useful evidence to guide further work. I would certainly recommend it to anyone working in the field of conservation biology.'
Andrew Pullin, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, UK in Biological Conservation, 103

• University of California, Santa Cruz, USA

  Julie L. Lockwood

• University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA

  Michael L. McKinney

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