{"product_id":"measuring-biological-diversity-isbn-9780632056330","title":"Measuring Biological Diversity","description":"This accessible and timely book provides a comprehensive overview of how to measure biodiversity. The book highlights new developments, including innovative approaches to measuring taxonomic distinctness and estimating species richness, and evaluates these alongside traditional methods such as species abundance distributions, and diversity and evenness statistics.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHelps the reader quantify and interpret patterns of ecological diversity, focusing on the measurement and estimation of species richness and abundance.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the concept of ecological diversity, bringing new perspectives to a field beset by contradictory views and advice.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscussion spans issues such as the meaning of community in the context of ecological diversity, scales of diversity and distribution of diversity among taxa\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights advances in measurement paying particular attention to new techniques such as species richness estimation, application of measures of diversity to conservation and environmental management and addressing sampling issues\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes worked examples of key methods in helping people to understand the techniques and use available computer packages more effectively\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Introduction: measurement of (biological) diversity 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2. The commonness, and rarity, of species 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3. How many species? 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4. An index of diversity 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5. Comparative studies of diversity 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6. Diversity in space (and time) 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7. No prospect of an end 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorked Examples 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 248\u003c\/p\u003e  \"It is a blessing that the book has been rewritten, as it saves us from scouring second-hand bookshops; it was a text that was borrowed from libraries and disappeared...Anne Magurran, while providing an invaluable practical handbook, also explains difficulties in a very readable style...But this book is not just recommended to working ecologists - it is essential.\" \u003ci\u003eTony Andrew, University of Ulster, Times Higher Education Supplement, March 2004\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"To ecologists and conservation biologists who work with biodiversity, for more than a decade the name 'Magurran' has meant an essential little book on measuring biodiversity \u003ci\u003eEcological Diversity and Its Measuremen\u003c\/i\u003et, 1988.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow Anne Magurran has written a thorough update \u003ci\u003eMeasuring Biological Diversity\u003c\/i\u003e, considerably expanded to cover important new developments in the field, including richness estimation, new relative abundance models, and new ways to compare assemblage composition. Throughout, examples from the primary literature are used to illustrate concepts and methods and key methods are presented as worked examples in an appendix. And as before, the new book shines with a blessedly welcome readability, excellent scholarship and plain good sense. Magurran does not shrink from making tough judgments and recommendations that go against 'tradition' in this field.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI expect the 'new Magurran' to become an essential reference on researchers' bookshelves and required reading for advanced students in biodiversity studies. \" \u003ci\u003eProfessor Robert Colwell, University of Connecticut.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The book provides a useful and in-depth review of statistical and measurement issues related to biological diversity...It will be a useful reference book and educational tool for years to come for those interested in the measurement of biological diversity.\" \u003ci\u003eEcology, December 2004\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is obviously a finely-crafted book...It will be an indispensable guide for any researcher engaged in measuring species diversity or in comparing the richness of different species assemblages. It is, above all, a practical book, clearly laid out, with concise descriptions and worked examples.\" \u003ci\u003eAfrican Journal of Aquatic Science, June 2005\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAnne E. Magurran\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Ecology and Evolution at the University of St Andrews. She is interested in the measurement, evolution, and conservation of biological diversity. Her research is focused on the behavior and ecology of freshwater fish in the neotropics (the Brazilian Amazon, Trinidad, and Mexico) and in Britain.  This accessible and timely book provides a comprehensive overview of how to measure biodiversity. The diversity of life on earth inspires fundamental ecological questions concerning the abundance of species and their distribution over space and time. The rapid loss of this diversity, primarily due to the impact of humanity, makes the need for effective ways of measuring biological diversity more important than ever. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs the successor to the author’s influential Ecological Diversity and its Measurement, this book has been completely rewritten to reflect the explosion of interest in biodiversity in the last fifteen years. The book highlights new developments, including innovative approaches to measuring taxonomic distinctness and estimating species richness, and evaluates these alongside traditional methods such as species abundance distributions, and diversity and evenness statistics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeasuring Biological Diversity\u003c\/i\u003e assumes no specialist mathematical knowledge and includes worked examples and links to web-based software. It will be essential reading for all students, researchers, and managers who need to measure biological diversity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989593637093,"sku":"NP9780632056330","price":121.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780632056330.jpg?v=1761784734","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/measuring-biological-diversity-isbn-9780632056330","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}