Island Biogeography: Geo-Environmental Dynamics, Ecology, Evolution, Human Impact, and Conservation

by Dr Thomas J. Matthews, Prof José María Fernández-Palacios, Prof Robert J. Whittaker

Island biogeography is the study of the distribution and dynamics of species in island environments. Due to their isolation from more widespread continental species, islands are ideal places for unique species to evolve, but they are also places of concentrated extinction. Consequently, they are widely studied by ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and conservationists.

This accessible textbook builds on the success and reputation of its predecessors,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198868561
• ISBN13: 9780198868569
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 496 Pages