Scaling Biodiversity

by David Storch and Pablo Marquet

Book Overview

We know that there are tens of millions of plant and animal species, but we do not know enough to be able to describe the patterns and processes that characterise the distribution of species in space, time and taxonomic groups. Given that in practical terms it is impossible to expect to be able to document biodiversity with any degree of completeness other approaches must be used. Scaling rules offer one possible framework, and this book offers a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521699371
• ISBN13: 9780521699372
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 2.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.7"