Author: Ilkka Hanski
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022640658X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
From a small island in the Baltic Sea to the large tropical islands of Borneo and Madagascar, Messages from Islands is a global tour of these natural, water-bound laboratories. In this career-spanning work, Ilkka Hanski draws upon the many islands on which he performed fieldwork to convey key themes in ecology. By exploring the islands’ biodiversity as an introduction to general issues, Hanski helps us to learn how species and communities interact in fragmented landscapes, how evolution generates biodiversity, and how this biodiversity is maintained over time. Beginning each chapter on a particular island, Hanski dives into reflections on his own field studies before going on to pursue a variety of ecological questions, including: What is the biodiversity crisis? What are extinction thresholds and extinction debts? What can the biodiversity hypothesis tell us about rapidly increasing allergies, asthma, and other chronic inflammatory disorders? The world’s largest island, Greenland, for instance, is the starting point for a journey into the benefits that humankind acquires from biodiversity, including the staggering biodiversity of microbes in the ecosystems that are closest to us—the ecosystems in our guts, in our respiratory tracts, and under our skin. Conceptually oriented but grounded in an adventurous personal narrative, Messages from Islands is a landmark work that lifts the natural mysteries of islands from the sea, bringing to light the thrilling complexities and connections of ecosystems worldwide.
Messages from Islands
Author: Ilkka Hanski
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022640658X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
From a small island in the Baltic Sea to the large tropical islands of Borneo and Madagascar, Messages from Islands is a global tour of these natural, water-bound laboratories. In this career-spanning work, Ilkka Hanski draws upon the many islands on which he performed fieldwork to convey key themes in ecology. By exploring the islands’ biodiversity as an introduction to general issues, Hanski helps us to learn how species and communities interact in fragmented landscapes, how evolution generates biodiversity, and how this biodiversity is maintained over time. Beginning each chapter on a particular island, Hanski dives into reflections on his own field studies before going on to pursue a variety of ecological questions, including: What is the biodiversity crisis? What are extinction thresholds and extinction debts? What can the biodiversity hypothesis tell us about rapidly increasing allergies, asthma, and other chronic inflammatory disorders? The world’s largest island, Greenland, for instance, is the starting point for a journey into the benefits that humankind acquires from biodiversity, including the staggering biodiversity of microbes in the ecosystems that are closest to us—the ecosystems in our guts, in our respiratory tracts, and under our skin. Conceptually oriented but grounded in an adventurous personal narrative, Messages from Islands is a landmark work that lifts the natural mysteries of islands from the sea, bringing to light the thrilling complexities and connections of ecosystems worldwide.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022640658X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
From a small island in the Baltic Sea to the large tropical islands of Borneo and Madagascar, Messages from Islands is a global tour of these natural, water-bound laboratories. In this career-spanning work, Ilkka Hanski draws upon the many islands on which he performed fieldwork to convey key themes in ecology. By exploring the islands’ biodiversity as an introduction to general issues, Hanski helps us to learn how species and communities interact in fragmented landscapes, how evolution generates biodiversity, and how this biodiversity is maintained over time. Beginning each chapter on a particular island, Hanski dives into reflections on his own field studies before going on to pursue a variety of ecological questions, including: What is the biodiversity crisis? What are extinction thresholds and extinction debts? What can the biodiversity hypothesis tell us about rapidly increasing allergies, asthma, and other chronic inflammatory disorders? The world’s largest island, Greenland, for instance, is the starting point for a journey into the benefits that humankind acquires from biodiversity, including the staggering biodiversity of microbes in the ecosystems that are closest to us—the ecosystems in our guts, in our respiratory tracts, and under our skin. Conceptually oriented but grounded in an adventurous personal narrative, Messages from Islands is a landmark work that lifts the natural mysteries of islands from the sea, bringing to light the thrilling complexities and connections of ecosystems worldwide.
Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents Relating to the Philippine Islands
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Category : Philippines
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
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Category : Philippines
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents
Author: United States. President
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1907
Author: United States. President
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 750
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 750
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A Pronouncing Gazetteer and Geographical Dictionary of the Philippine Islands, United States of America, with Maps, Charts, and Illustrations
Author: United States. Bureau of Insular Affairs
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Category : Philippines
Languages : en
Pages : 1364
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Category : Philippines
Languages : en
Pages : 1364
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: 1789-1817. vi, 587 p., 2 pl., 5 port
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Languages : en
Pages : 510
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Languages : en
Pages : 510
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The National Geographic Magazine
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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Indexes kept up to date with supplements.
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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Indexes kept up to date with supplements.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897
Author: United States. President
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 708
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 708
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Hydropac Message Summary
Author: United States. Hydrographic Office
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Category : Pilots guide
Languages : en
Pages : 970
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Category : Pilots guide
Languages : en
Pages : 970
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Hearings Before the Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives on Estimates Submitted by the Secretary of the Navy, 1910
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Naval Affairs
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Languages : en
Pages : 1462
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Languages : en
Pages : 1462
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