Biotic Homogenization

by Lockwood, Julie L.; McKinney, Michael L.

• ISBN13: 9780306465420
• ISBN10: 0306465426
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Plenum Pub Corp

Summary

Biological homogenization is the dominant process shaping the future global biosphere. As global transportation becomes faster and more frequent, it is inevitable that biotic intermixing will increase. Unique local biotas will become extinct only to be replaced by already widespread biotas that can tolerate human activities. This process is affecting all aspects of our world: language, economies, and ecosystems alike. The ultimate outcome is the loss of uniqueness and the growth of uniformity. In this way, fast food restaurants exist in Moscow and Java Sparrows breed on Hawaii. Biological homogenization qualifies as a global environmental catastrophe. The Earth has never witnessed such a broad and complete reorganization of species distributions.

Table of Contents

Biotic Homogenization: A Sequential and Selective Process	1	(18)
Michael L. Mckinney
Julie L. Lockwood
Biotic Homogenization: Lessons from the Past	19	(14)
Kaustuv Roy
Jeffrey S. Kauffman
Birds and Butterflies Along Urban Gradients in Two Ecoregions of the United States: Is Urbanization Creating a Homogeneous Fauna?	33	(24)
Robert B. Blair
Rarity and Phylogeny in Birds	57	(24)
Thomas J. Webb
Melanie Kershaw
Kevin J. Gaston
Hybridization between Native and Alien Plants and Its Consequences	81	(22)
Curtis C. Daehler
Debbie A. Carino
Taxonomic Selectivity in Surviving Introduced Insects in the United States	103	(22)
Diego P. Vazquez
Daniel Simberloff
Are Unsuccessful Avian Invaders Rarer in Their Native Range than Successful Invaders?	125	(32)
Thomas Brooks
A Geographical Perspective on the Biotic Homogenization Process: Implications from the Macroecology of North American Birds	157	(22)
Brian A. Maurer
Eric T. Linder
David Gammon
Global Warming, Temperature Homogenization and Species Extinction	179	(22)
J. L. Green
J. Harte
A. Ostling
The History and Ecological Basis of Extinction and Speciation in Birds	201	(22)
Peter M. Bennett
Ian P. F. Owens
Jonathan E. M. Baillie
Downsizing Nature: Anthropogenic Dwarfing of Species and Ecosystems	223	(22)
Mark V. Lomolino
Rob Channell
David R. Perault
Gregory A. Smith
Spatial Homogenization of the Aquatic Fauna of Tennessee: Extinction and Invasion Following Land Use Change and Habitat Alteration	245	(14)
Jeffrey R. Duncan
Julie L. Lockwood
Homogenization of California's Fish Fauna Through Abiotic Change	259	(20)
Michael P. Marchetti
Theo Light
Joaquin Feliciano
Trip Armstrong
Zeb Hogan
Joshua Viers
Peter B. Moyle
Contributors	279	(4)
Index	283