Understanding How Biodiversity Is Distributed in Space and Time
نویسنده
چکیده
Attention to biodiversity issues has been growing in the recent years. Despite the urgency of the problem, the development of a general theory of biodiversity is still underway. How can we develop such a theory? Two main approaches have dominated the field: the first approach has emphasized ecological controls of biodiversity, and has sought to explain static biodiversity patterns, often referred to as macroecological patterns; the second approach has emphasized historical controls of biodiversity, and has sought to explain more dynamic, evolutionary patterns of biodiversity, often referred to as macroevolutionary patterns. I will quickly summarize these approaches, focusing on the analytical and computational methods that have been used. Then, I will discuss how we can hope to integrate these two approaches to obtain a theory of biodiversity that better accounts for both historical and ecological factors.
منابع مشابه
Urban expansion as a driver of biodiversity loss: Integrating biodiversity in urban planning in African context
Africa has high biodiversity and is rapidly urbanizing. However, there is limited understanding of how urban expansion in Africa is likely to affect its habitats and biodiversity. Little urban ecological research has been done in Africa. This study needs to think ahead as Africa move into the “urban age” it is critical to inform the public on the importance of urban environment...
متن کاملMicroclimate Conditions and Space Use Variations
This paper is a part of study about the impact of the microclimate on the space use and the user’s behaviours. The purpose of our study is to get an in-depth understanding of how people use out door public spaces in different climatic conditions, how their behaviour and perception of the space change with the climatic variations. We have employed a multi-method approach which combines a “qualit...
متن کاملExplaining the agency's mind in recognizing geographic space within the framework of existentialism, with emphasis on Jean-Paul Sartre's Viewpoint
In philosophy of science, particularly in the human sciences, concepts have Multiple meanings even have contradictory definition from ontological and epistemological aspects in different philosophical schools. Therefore, determination The theoretical framework for understanding of fundamental concepts, are most important in the study and understanding of the concepts in human sciences. One of t...
متن کاملTypology of time identity in Qajar carper based on Gadamer’s hermeneutic
Time and its concept, understanding and expressing is one of the significant subjects in the human thought. The way of theorizing about time, has caused different opinions about its quiddity. The artists in the Qajar dynasty had gotten newer experience in drawing than previous eras. Developments in various fields have affected to them. The artists in the face of phenomena such as time represent...
متن کاملA topology control algorithm for autonomous underwater robots in three-dimensional space using PSO
Recently, data collection from seabed by means of underwater wireless sensor networks (UWSN) has attracted considerable attention. Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are increasingly used as UWSNs in underwater missions. Events and environmental parameters in underwater regions have a stochastic nature. The target area must be covered by sensors to observe and report events. A ‘topology cont...
متن کامل