Preface to the Princeton Landmarks in Biology Edition vii Preface xi Symbols Used xiii 1. The Importance of Islands 3 2. Area and Number of Speicies 8 3. Further Explanations of the Area-Diversity Pattern 19 4. The Strategy of Colonization 68 5. Invasibility and the Variable Niche 94 6. Stepping Stones and Biotic Exchange 123 7. Evolutionary Changes Following Colonization 145 8. Prospect 181 Glossary 185 References 193 Index 201

The Theory of Island Biogeography

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The talk with present the key results of the IPCC Working Group III 5th assessment report. Concluding four years of intense scientific collaboration by hundreds of authors from around the world, the report responds to the request of the world's governments for a comprehensive, objective and policy neutral assessment of the current scientific knowledge on mitigating climate change. The report has been extensively reviewed by experts and governments to ensure quality and comprehensiveness.

Climate change 2014 - Mitigation of climate change

Prefaces Acknowledgements 1. Mountains and their climatological study 2. Geographical controls of mountain meteorological elements 3. Circulation systems related to orography 4. Climatic characteristics of mountains 5. Regional case studies 6. Mountain bioclimatology 7. Changes in mountain climates Appendix General index Author index.

Mountain Weather and Climate

Land use and related pressures have reduced local terrestrial biodiversity, but it is unclear how the magnitude of change relates to the recently proposed planetary boundary (“safe limit”). We estimate that land use and related pressures have already reduced local biodiversity intactness—the average proportion of natural biodiversity remaining in local ecosystems—beyond its recently proposed planetary boundary across 58.1% of the world’s land surface, where 71.4% of the human population live. Biodiversity intactness within most biomes (especially grassland biomes), most biodiversity hotspots, and even some wilderness areas is inferred to be beyond the boundary. Such widespread transgression of safe limits suggests that biodiversity loss, if unchecked, will undermine efforts toward long-term sustainable development.

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Has land use pushed terrestrial biodiversity beyond the planetary boundary? A global assessment

Aim This paper has two objectives. First, we examine how a variety of biotic, abiotic and anthropogenic factors influence the endemic and introduced arthropod richness on an oceanic island. Second, we look at the relationship between the endemic and introduced arthropod richness, to ask whether areas with high levels of endemic species richness deter invasions. Location The work was carried out on a young volcanic island, Terceira, in the Azores.

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Invasibility and species richness of island endemic arthropods: a general model of endemic vs. exotic species

Modelling the local climate in island environments: water balance applications

Natural zonal vegetation of the Azores Islands: characterization and potential distribution

The objective of this study is to investigate whether presence/absence models can be used as surrogates of arthropod abundance, and eventually under which circumstances such surrogacy is guaranteed. Presence/absence data for 48 arthropod species from Terceira Island were modelled using artificial neural networks. Probabilities of occurrence were correlated with abundance data from a standardized arthropod survey programme. Although a tendency was found for vagile species to show relationships, only nine species showed significant positive correlations between probability of presence and abundance. Five of these were exotic spider species with high abundances and wide distributions in several human-modified habitats. The patchy distribution of pristine habitats, the capacity to reach them and the probable low dependence on limiting resources, other than food, enhance the relationship. A lack of significant correlations for the majority of the species may be due to historical events, inappropriate scale, de...

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Species Distribution Models Do Not Account for Abundance: The Case of Arthropods on Terceira Island

a Laboratoire d'Oceanographie Spatiale, Plouzane, France b NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Ocean Prediction Center, Camp Springs, Maryland c CLS-Brest, Brest Technopole, Plouzane, France d Service Hydrographique et Oceanographique de la Marine, Brest, France e Universidade dos Acores, CLIMAAT/MacSIMAR, Angra do Heroismo, Azores, Portugal f Coastal Ocean Observing Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire g Departement de Sismologie, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris-Cite, Paris, France

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Eduardo Brito de Azevedo

Papers

Invasibility and species richness of island endemic arthropods: a general model of endemic vs. exotic species

Modelling the local climate in island environments: water balance applications

Natural zonal vegetation of the Azores Islands: characterization and potential distribution

Species Distribution Models Do Not Account for Abundance: The Case of Arthropods on Terceira Island

Phenomenal sea states and swell from a North Atlantic Storm in February 2011: a comprehensive analysis