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The biology of biodiversity / M. Kato (ed.).

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Tokyo ; New York : Springer, c2000.Description: xii, 324 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 4431702628 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.95/11 21
LOC classification:
  • QH541.15.B56 B635 2000
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Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Part 1 Species Diversity and Phylogeny -- 1. The Origin of Reproductive Isolation: Biological Mechanisms of -- Genetic Incompatibility -- K SAW AM URA 3 -- 2. A Molecular Perspective on the Conservation of Diversity -- C. M ORITZ21 -- 3. Mitochondrial Molecular Clocks and the Origin of -- Euteleostean Biodiversity: Familial Radiation of Perciforms -- May Have Predated the Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary -- Y. KUMAZAWA, M. YAMAGUCHI, AND M. NISHIDA35 -- 4. Molecular a-Taxonomy of a Morphologically Simple Fern -- Asplenium nidus Complex from Mt. Halimun National Park, Indonesia -- N. MURAKAMI, Y. YATABE, H. IWASAKI, D. DARNAEDI, AND K. IWATSUKI53 -- 5. Adaptive Radiation, Dispersal, and -- Diversification of the Hawaiian Lobeliads -- T .J. G IVNISH67 -- 6. Phylogenetic Analyses of Large Data Sets: -- Approaches Using the Angiosperms -- D .E. SOLTIS AND P.S. SOLTIS91 -- Part 2 Ecological Biodiversity -- 7. The Theory and Practice of the Science of Biodiversity: -- A Personal Assessment -- O .T. SOLBRIG107 -- 8. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes: -- Theory, Achievements and Future Directions -- J.H LAWTON119 -- 9. Creeping 'Fruitless Falls': Reproductive Failure in -- Heterostylous Plants in Fragmented Landscapes -- I. WASHITANI133 -- 10. Population Persistence and Community Diversity in -- a Naturally Patchy Landscape: Plants on Serpentine Soils -- S. HARRISON147 -- 11. Patterns of Tree Species Diversity Among Tropical Rain Forests -- P.S. ASHTON AND J.V. LAFRANKIE161 -- 12. Functional Differentiation and Positive Feedback -- Enhancing Plant Biodiversity -- T. KOHYAMA, E. SUZUKI, S. AIBA, AND T. SEINO179 -- Part 3 Development and Evolution -- 13. Developmental Genetics and the Diversity of Animal Form: -- Hox Genes in Arthropods -- M A KAM195 -- 14. Developmental Mechanisms Underlying the Origin and -- Evolution of Chordates -- N. SATOH, K. HOTTA, G. SATOH, S. TAGUCHI, H. YASUO, K. TAGAWA, -- H. TAKAHASHI, AND Y. HARADA209 -- 15. The Regulation of Dorsiventral Symmetry in Plants -- S. GLEISSBERG, M. KIM, J. JERNSTEDT, AND N. SINHA223 -- 16. Evolution of Reproductive Organs in Vascular Plants -- M. HASEBE AND M. ITO243 -- Part 4 Genetic Biodiversity -- 17. Genetic Diversity of Color Vision in Primates -- W.-H. Li, Y. TAN, S. BOISSINOT, S.-K. SHYUE, AND D. HEWETr-EMMETT259 -- 18. Avian Evolution During the Pleistocene in North America -- R.M. ZINK AND J. KLICKA275 -- 19. Genetic Diversity of Human Populations in Eastern Asia -- K O MOTO289 -- 20. Human Diversity and Its History -- H.C. HARPENDING AND E. ELLER301 -- Subject Index315.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Part 1 Species Diversity and Phylogeny -- 1. The Origin of Reproductive Isolation: Biological Mechanisms of -- Genetic Incompatibility -- K SAW AM URA 3 -- 2. A Molecular Perspective on the Conservation of Diversity -- C. M ORITZ21 -- 3. Mitochondrial Molecular Clocks and the Origin of -- Euteleostean Biodiversity: Familial Radiation of Perciforms -- May Have Predated the Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary -- Y. KUMAZAWA, M. YAMAGUCHI, AND M. NISHIDA35 -- 4. Molecular a-Taxonomy of a Morphologically Simple Fern -- Asplenium nidus Complex from Mt. Halimun National Park, Indonesia -- N. MURAKAMI, Y. YATABE, H. IWASAKI, D. DARNAEDI, AND K. IWATSUKI53 -- 5. Adaptive Radiation, Dispersal, and -- Diversification of the Hawaiian Lobeliads -- T .J. G IVNISH67 -- 6. Phylogenetic Analyses of Large Data Sets: -- Approaches Using the Angiosperms -- D .E. SOLTIS AND P.S. SOLTIS91 -- Part 2 Ecological Biodiversity -- 7. The Theory and Practice of the Science of Biodiversity: -- A Personal Assessment -- O .T. SOLBRIG107 -- 8. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes: -- Theory, Achievements and Future Directions -- J.H LAWTON119 -- 9. Creeping 'Fruitless Falls': Reproductive Failure in -- Heterostylous Plants in Fragmented Landscapes -- I. WASHITANI133 -- 10. Population Persistence and Community Diversity in -- a Naturally Patchy Landscape: Plants on Serpentine Soils -- S. HARRISON147 -- 11. Patterns of Tree Species Diversity Among Tropical Rain Forests -- P.S. ASHTON AND J.V. LAFRANKIE161 -- 12. Functional Differentiation and Positive Feedback -- Enhancing Plant Biodiversity -- T. KOHYAMA, E. SUZUKI, S. AIBA, AND T. SEINO179 -- Part 3 Development and Evolution -- 13. Developmental Genetics and the Diversity of Animal Form: -- Hox Genes in Arthropods -- M A KAM195 -- 14. Developmental Mechanisms Underlying the Origin and -- Evolution of Chordates -- N. SATOH, K. HOTTA, G. SATOH, S. TAGUCHI, H. YASUO, K. TAGAWA, -- H. TAKAHASHI, AND Y. HARADA209 -- 15. The Regulation of Dorsiventral Symmetry in Plants -- S. GLEISSBERG, M. KIM, J. JERNSTEDT, AND N. SINHA223 -- 16. Evolution of Reproductive Organs in Vascular Plants -- M. HASEBE AND M. ITO243 -- Part 4 Genetic Biodiversity -- 17. Genetic Diversity of Color Vision in Primates -- W.-H. Li, Y. TAN, S. BOISSINOT, S.-K. SHYUE, AND D. HEWETr-EMMETT259 -- 18. Avian Evolution During the Pleistocene in North America -- R.M. ZINK AND J. KLICKA275 -- 19. Genetic Diversity of Human Populations in Eastern Asia -- K O MOTO289 -- 20. Human Diversity and Its History -- H.C. HARPENDING AND E. ELLER301 -- Subject Index315.

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