Rarity (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994)

To say you are writing about rarity is to invite two kinds of response. Either one provokes a discussion of what rarity is, or some comment on the complex ity of the subject. The objective of this book is to explore the nature of rarity, its complexity if you like, from one particular perspective on what rarity is. Primarily, it is an opportunity to review, to synthesize, and to question. The book is an attempt to draw together a vast body of literature, to extract from it some general principles, and to raise question marks over areas the founda tions of which appear to be either absent or crumbling. A perusal of prefaces suggests that they often dwell as long upon what a book is not about, as upon what it does concern. True to such a tradition, I should state that this is specifically not a book about conservation, although in some quarters anything about rarity is viewed as something about conser vation. Nor does it contain more than a passing reference to the undoubtedly important issues of the role of genetics in rarity. Examples have been drawn from a wide variety of taxa. They are, nonethe less, somewhat depauperate in cases from marine systems. In part this bias results from the unevenness of my familiarity with the literature, in part it perhaps also reflects differences in the questions asked and approaches to the study of communities and assemblages in terrestrial and marine systems."

General

Imprint:	Chapman and Hall
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Population and Community Biology Series, 13
Release date:	July 1994
First published:	1994
Authors:	K.J. Gaston
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	205
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
ISBN-13:	978-0-412-47510-8
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > General
LSN:	0-412-47510-3
Barcode:	9780412475108

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