The SAGE handbook of biogeography. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Andrew C. Millington, Mark A. Blumler, and Udo Schickhoff.
• Other Names: Millington, A. C; Blumler, Mark A; Schickhoff, Udo
• Contents: 1. Situating contemporary biogeography / Andrew C. Millington, Mark A. Blumler, and Udo Schickhoff -- Section I. Revisiting theories and concepts: 2. History of biogeographical thought / Mark A. Blumler, Anthony Cole, John Flenley, and Udo Schickhoff -- 3. Diversity theories / Duane A. Griffin -- 4. Theory in landscape ecology and its relevance to biogeography / John A. Kupfer -- 5. Classification of biogeographical and ecological phenomena / Angelika Schwabe and Anselm Kratochwil -- 6. The expanding role of phylogeography / Brett R. Riddle -- 7. The biogeographical importance of Pleistocene refugia / Katherine J. Willis, Shonil A. Bhagwat, and Mary E. Edwards -- Section II. Explaining distributions, gradients, and disturbances: 8. Biogeographical distributions: the role of past environments, physical factors, and biotic interactions / Udo Schickhoff -- 9. Biodiversity gradients / Jens Mutke -- 10. Explaining biogeographical distributions and gradients: floral and faunal responses to natural disturbances / Anke V. Jentsch and Carl Beierkuhnlein -- 11. Fire and ecosystem function / Neal J. Enright -- 12. Species response to contemporary climate change / Tim H. Sparks, Annette Menzel, Joseph Peñuelas, and Piotr Tryjanowski -- Section III. Reconsidering biomes and ecosystems: 13. Ecosystem dynamics of subpolar and polar regions / Ingo Möller and Dietbert Thannheiser -- 14. Forest ecosystem structure and disturbance dynamics across the circumboreal forest / Daniel Kneeshaw, Yves Bergeron, and Timo Kuuluvainen -- 15. The ecosystem dynamics of tropical savannas / Jayalaxshmi Mistry -- 16. Tropical forests: biogeography and biodiversity / Kenneth R. Young -- 17. Dynamics of mountain ecosystems / Udo Schickhoff -- 18. Biogeography of agricultural environments / Chris Stoate -- 19. The biogeography of built environments / Claire Freeman -- Section IV. Utilizing mapping and modelling: 20. Remote sensing for mapping biogeographical distributions: actualities and potentials / Giles M. Foody and Andrew C. Millington -- 21. Remoting sensing for modeling biogeographic features and processes / Joanne M. Nightingale, Stuart R. Phinn, and Michael J. Hill -- 22. Characterizing spatial pattern in biogeographical data / Thomas P. Albright, Monica G. Turner, and Jeffrey Cardille -- 23. Predictive modeling of biogeographical phenomena / Niall G. Burnside and Stephen Waite -- 24. Simulation / George P. Malanson -- 25. Biocomplexity / Stephen J. Walsh, George P. Malanson, Joseph P. Messina, Daniel G. Brown, and Carlos F. Mena -- Section V. Linking biogeography and society. 26. Ethnobotany / Robert Voeks -- 27. Invasive species, in geographical perspective / Mark A. Blumler -- 28. Bioindicators for ecological and environmental monitoring / Yordan Uzunov -- 29. Historical biogeography as a basis for the conservation of dynamic ecosystems / Rob Marchant and David M. Taylor -- 30. Habitat approaches to nature conservation / Geoffrey Hugh Griffiths and Ioannis Vogiatzakis -- 31. Species approaches to conservation in biogeography / Patrick E. Osborne and Pedro J. Leitão.
• Publisher Details: London : SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (624 pages)
• Subjects: 578.09; Biogeography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781446254455; 1446254453
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