Convergent Evolution in Chile and California - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Convergent Evolution in Chile and California write by Harold A. Mooney. This book was released on 1977. Convergent Evolution in Chile and California available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Ecology and Biogeography of Mediterranean Ecosystems in Chile, California, and Australia
Ecology and Biogeography of Mediterranean Ecosystems in Chile, California, and Australia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ecology and Biogeography of Mediterranean Ecosystems in Chile, California, and Australia write by Mary T. Kalin Arroyo. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Ecology and Biogeography of Mediterranean Ecosystems in Chile, California, and Australia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mediterranean-type ecosystems have provided ecologists with some of the most scientifically-rewarding opportunities to formulate and evaluate hypotheses about large and small-scale ecological phenomena. Comparison of mediterranean-type climate ecosystems in different parts of the world has not only permitted a strong test for ecological convergence, but also critical understanding of key ecophysiological and population processes.
Convergent Evolution
Convergent Evolution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Convergent Evolution write by George R. McGhee. This book was released on 2011. Convergent Evolution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Convergent evolution occurs on all levels, from tiny organic molecules to entire ecosystems of species.
Ecology of Insects in California Chaparral
Ecology of Insects in California Chaparral - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ecology of Insects in California Chaparral write by Don C. Force. This book was released on 1990. Ecology of Insects in California Chaparral available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Studies stimulated by the International Biological Program showed total insect faunal biomass and diversity to be greatest in the spring of the year, which matches increased plant growth and flowering at this time. Ground-inhabiting beetle studies indicated the family Tenebrionidae to be overwhelmingly dominant in biomass, but the family Staphylinidae to be richest in species numbers. Ant studies showed the chaparral community to be rich in ant species; seed gatherers were particularly important. Flower-visiting insects are more abundant and more species-rich in chaparral than in any other type of California vegetation. Bees especially are abundant and diversified and are responsible for most pollination. Postfire succession studies of insects indicate that the abundance of predators and flower visitors sharply increases following fire; parasitic and phytophagous insects (other than flower-visitors) increase more slowly. Insect herbivory appears to affect succession minimally.
Strangers on Familiar Soil
Strangers on Familiar Soil - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Strangers on Familiar Soil write by Edward D. Melillo. This book was released on 2015-01-01. Strangers on Familiar Soil available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A wide-ranging exploration of the diverse historical connections between Chile and California This groundbreaking history explores the many unrecognized, enduring linkages between the state of California and the country of Chile. The book begins in 1786, when a French expedition brought the potato from Chile to California, and it concludes with Chilean president Michelle Bachelet's diplomatic visit to the Golden State in 2008. During the intervening centuries, new crops, foods, fertilizers, mining technologies, laborers, and ideas from Chile radically altered California's development. In turn, Californian systems of servitude, exotic species, educational programs, and capitalist development strategies dramatically shaped Chilean history. Edward Dallam Melillo develops a new set of historical perspectives--tracing eastward-moving trends in U.S. history, uncovering South American influences on North America's development, and reframing the Western Hemisphere from a Pacific vantage point. His innovative approach yields transnational insights and recovers long-forgotten connections between the peoples and ecosystems of Chile and California.
