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One of the most interesting and vexing problems in ecology is how distinctly different communities of plants and animals can occur in the same ecosystem. The theory of these systems, known as multiple stable states, is well understood, but whether multiple stable states actually exist in nature has remained a hotly debated subject. Multiple Stable States in Natural Ecosystems provides a broad and synthetic critique of recent advances in theory and new experimental evidence. Modern models of systems with multiple stable states are placed in historical context. Current theories are covered in a

Biotic communities. --- Species diversity. --- Diversity, Species --- Richness, Species --- Species richness --- Biodiversity --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Ecology --- Population biology

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Bringing together the viewpoints of leading ecologists concerned with the processes that generate patterns of diversity, and evolutionary biologists who focus on mechanisms of speciation, this book opens up discussion in order to broaden understanding of how speciation affects patterns of biological diversity, especially the uneven distribution of diversity across time, space and taxa studied by macroecologists. The contributors discuss questions such as: Are species equivalent units, providing meaningful measures of diversity? To what extent do mechanisms of speciation affect the functional nature and distribution of species diversity? How can speciation rates be measured using molecular phylogenies or data from the fossil record? What are the factors that explain variation in rates? Written for graduate students and academic researchers, the book promotes a more complete understanding of the interaction between mechanisms and rates of speciation and these patterns in biological diversity.

ECO Ecology --- biodiversity --- speciation --- evolutionary biology --- Diversité des espèces --- 575.858 --- Species. Speciation --- 575.858 Species. Speciation --- Diversité des espèces --- Biodiversity --- Species diversity --- Diversity, Species --- Richness, Species --- Species richness --- Biodiversité --- Species diversity. --- Biodiversity. --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biology --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species

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Species diversity. --- Biodiversity conservation. --- Extinction (Biology) --- Animals --- Extirpation (Biology) --- Biology --- Extinct animals --- Biodiversity --- Biological diversity conservation --- Conservation of biodiversity --- Diversity conservation, Biological --- Gender mainstreaming in biodiversity conservation --- Maintenance of biological diversity --- Preservation of biological diversity --- Conservation of natural resources --- Ecosystem management --- Diversity, Species --- Richness, Species --- Species richness --- Extinction --- Extirpation --- Conservation

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Biomathematics. Biometry. Biostatistics --- General ecology and biosociology --- 519.24 --- Animal populations --- -Species diversity --- -Stochastic processes --- Random processes --- Probabilities --- Diversity, Species --- Richness, Species --- Species richness --- Biodiversity --- Demography, Wildlife --- Populations, Animal --- Wildlife demography --- Wildlife populations --- Animal ecology --- Population biology --- Special statistical applications and models --- Statistical methods --- 519.24 Special statistical applications and models --- Stochastic processes --- Species diversity --- Animal populations - Statistical methods --- Species diversity - Statistical methods --- Biostatistique --- Ecologie --- Dynamique des populations --- Modelisation mathematique

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Biogeography --- Species diversity --- 574.9 --- Areography (Biology) --- Geographical distribution of animals and plants --- Species --- Species distribution --- Biology --- Geography --- Diversity, Species --- Richness, Species --- Species richness --- Biodiversity --- 574.9 Biogeography in general. Geographical distribution of organisms --- Biogeography in general. Geographical distribution of organisms --- Geographical distribution --- 575.858 --- 575.858 Species. Speciation --- Species. Speciation --- 574.472 --- 574.472 Biodiversity --- General ecology and biosociology --- Species diversity. --- Biogeography. --- Environmental Sciences and Forestry. Nature Management --- Biodiversity. --- Biogéographie --- Diversité des espèces