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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: theory of island biogeography
  name:
    name part: MacArthur, Robert H.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Wilson, Edward O.
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxu
    place:
      place term: Princeton, N.J
    publisher: Princeton University Press
    date issued: 2001
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xv, 203 p.
  abstract: Biogeography was stuck in a "natural history phase" dominated by the collection of data, the young Princeton biologists Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson argued in 1967. In this book, the authors developed a general theory to explain the facts of island biogeography. The theory builds on the first principles of population ecology and genetics to explain how distance and area combine to regulate the balance between immigration and extinction in island populations. The authors then test the theory against data. The Theory of Island Biogeography was never intended as the last word on the subject. Instead, MacArthur and Wilson sought to stimulate new forms of theoretical and empirical studies, which will lead in turn to a stronger general theory. Even a third of a century since its publication, the book continues to serve that purpose well. From popular books like David Quammen's Song of the Dodo to arguments in the professional literature, The Theory of Island Biogeography remains at the center of discussions about the geographic distribution of species. In a new preface, Edward O. Wilson reviews the origins and consequences of this classic book.
  target audience: Biogeografía
  note: Robert H. Mac Arthur, Edward O. Wilson.
  note: With a new preface by Edward O. Wilson.
  subject:
    topic: GEOGRAFIA HUMANA
  subject:
    topic: GEOGRAFIA
  classification: 578.09 M116
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Princeton landmarks in biology
  identifier: 9780691088365
  record info:
    record content source: UAHC_CL
    record creation date: 090928
    record change date: 20170803121553.0
    record identifier: 017977