Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson's "The 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. In "The 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 Revisited" also points the way toward exciting
future research.
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