The Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography (Mpb-32)

by Stephen P. Hubbell

Book Overview

Despite its supreme importance and the threat of its global crash, biodiversity remains poorly understood both empirically and theoretically. This ambitious book presents a new, general neutral theory to explain the origin, maintenance, and loss of biodiversity in a biogeographic context.

Until now biogeography (the study of the geographic distribution of species) and biodiversity (the study of species richness and relative species abundance)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691021287
• ISBN13: 9780691021287
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"