Plants on Islands: Diversity and Dynamics on a Continental ArchipelagoThis thorough and meticulous study, the result of nearly a quarter-century of research, examines the island biogeography of plants on continental islands in Barkley Sound, British Columbia. Invaluable both because of its geographical setting and because of the duration of the study, Plants on Islands summarizes the diversity, dynamics, and distribution of the approximately three hundred species of plants on more than two hundred islands. Martin Cody uses his extensive data set to test various aspects of island biogeographic theory. His thoughtful analysis, constrained by taxon and region, elucidates and enhances the understanding of the biogeographic patterns and dynamics. He provides an overview of the basic theory, concepts, and analytical tools of island biogeography. Also discussed are island relaxation to lower equilibrium species numbers post-isolation, plant distributions variously limited by island area, isolation and climatic differences, adaptation to local abiotic and biotic environments within islands, and the evolution of different island phenotypes. The book concludes with a valuable consideration of equilibrium concepts and of the interplay of coexistence and competition. Certain to challenge, Plants on Islands is among the first books to critically analyze the central tenets of the theory of island biogeography. |
Contents
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Concepts Theory and Data | 36 |
4 Species Number Island Area and Isolation | 56 |
5 Nestedness and Assembly rules | 74 |
6 Species Turnover in Space and Time | 116 |
7 Dispersal Syndromes Incidence and Dynamics | 138 |
Other editions - View all
Plants on Islands: Diversity and Dynamics on a Continental Archipelago Martin L. Cody Limited preview - 2006 |
Plants on Islands: Diversity and Dynamics on a Continental Archipelago Martin L. Cody Limited preview - 2019 |
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A-D islands abscissa achene alien anemochores Anemochory AREAFL Areavp Asteraceae Atriplex patula Bamfield Barkley Sound Barkley Sound islands beaches Birds Cakile Cakile edentula Carex censuses Cody colonists colonization and extinction colonization rates common dispersal distance distribution E-group islands edge species elevation extinction rates fern Festuca FIGURE forbs forest species fronds grasses Grindelia integrifolia habitat higher Hosie Hypochaeris incidence increasing island area island bogs island groups islets isolation Lactuca lands larger islands Lathyrus Lathyrus japonicus Lonicera involucrata lower mainland maritima native neighbors number of islands Number of Species pappus persistence plant species Plantago Polypodium Polystichum munitum potential propagules Puccinellia recorded regression relative residents Romanzoffia Ross Rubus Sagina crassicaulis sea levels Sea of Cortés Senecio Senecio sylvaticus shoreline species shrubs slugs small islands smaller species counts species numbers species richness species turnover Spergularia Stellaria humifusa taxa tion upper Vaccinium variation vegetation Vicea