Book ID: 95991
Butlin, Robert, Jon Bridle and Dolph Schluter (eds.)
Speciation and Patterns of Diversity. 2009. (Ecological Reviews). 22 halftones. 343 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
Opens up discussionin order to broaden understanding of how speciation affects patterns ofbiological diversity, especially the uneven distribution of diversity across time, space and taxa studied by macroecologists. The contributors discuss questions such as: Are species equivalent units, providing meaningful measures of diversity? To what extent do mechanisms of speciation affect the functional nature and distribution of species diversity? How can speciation rates be measured using molecular phylogenies or data from the fossil record? etc.