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Description: |
xi, 203 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-199). |
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Action Note: |
commitment to retain 20151204 pda OTUTLD |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: The importance of islands -- Area and number of species -- Further explanation of the area-diversity pattern -- The strategy of colonization -- Invasibility and the variable niche -- Stepping stones and biotic exchange -- Evolutionary changes following colonization. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: A youngster debates the fine points of the trucks he would like to drive: the snow plow, delivery truck, dump truck, and the fire engine. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: MacArthur, Robert H. Theory of island biogeography. Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1967 (OCoLC)753478271 |