The Theory of Island Biogeography Revisited

by Jonathan B. Losos

Book Overview

Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson's The Theory of Island Biogeography , first published by Princeton in 1967, is one of the most influential books on ecology and evolution to appear in the past half century. By developing a general mathematical theory to explain a crucial ecological problem--the regulation of species diversity in island populations--the book transformed the science of biogeography and ecology as a whole. In The Theory of Island...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069113653X
• ISBN13: 9780691136530
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.1"