The Theory of Island Biogeography Revisited

by Losos, Jonathan B.; Ricklefs, Robert E.

• ISBN13: 9781400831920
• ISBN10: 140083192X
• Copyright: 2009-11-04
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson'sThe Theory of Island Biogeography, first published by Princeton in 1967, is one of the most influential books on ecology and evolution to appear in the past half century. By developing a general mathematical theory to explain a crucial ecological problem--the regulation of species diversity in island populations--the book transformed the science of biogeography and ecology as a whole. InThe Theory of Island Biogeography Revisited, some of today's most prominent biologists assess the continuing impact of MacArthur and Wilson's book four decades after its publication. Following an opening chapter in which Wilson reflects on island biogeography in the 1960s, fifteen chapters evaluate and demonstrate how the field has extended and confirmed--as well as challenged and modified--MacArthur and Wilson's original ideas. Providing a broad picture of the fundamental ways in which the science of island biogeography has been shaped by MacArthur and Wilson's landmark work,The Theory of Island Biogeography Revisitedalso points the way toward exciting future research.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
List of Contributors	p. xv
Island Biogeography in the 1960s
Theory and Experiment	p. 1
Island Biogeography Theory
Reticulations and Reintegration of "a Biogeography of the Species"	p. 13
The MacArthur- Wilson Equilibrium Model
A Chronicle of What It Said and How It Was Tested	p. 52
A General Dynamic Theory of Oceanic Island Biogeography
Extending the MacArthur- Wilson Theory to Accommodate the Rise and Fall of Volcanic Islands	p. 88
The Trophic Cascade on Islands	p. 116
Toward a Trophic Island Biogeography
Reflections on the Interface of Island Biogeography and Food Web Ecology	p. 143
The Theories of Island Biogeography and Metapopulation Dynamics
Science Marches Forward, but the Legacy of Good Ideas Lasts for a Long Time	p. 186
Beyond Island Biogeography Theory
Understanding Habitat Fragmentation in the Real World	p. 214
Birds of the Solomon Islands
The Domain of the Dynamic Equilibrium Theory and Assembly Rules, with Comments on the Taxon Cycle	p. 237
Neutral Theory and the Theory of Island Biogeography	p. 264
Evolutionary Changes Following Island Colonization in Birds
Empirical Insights into the Roles of Microevolutionary Processes	p. 293
Sympatric Speciation, Immigration, and Hybridization in Island Birds	p. 326
Island Biogeography of Remote Archipelagoes
Interplay between Ecological and Evolutionary Processes	p. 358
Dynamics of Colonization and Extinction on Islands
Insights from Lesser Antillean Birds	p. 388
The Speciation- Area Relationship	p. 415
Ecological and Ge ne tic Models of Diversity
Lessons across Disciplines	p. 439
Index	p. 463
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