Biological homogenization is the dominant process shaping the future global biosphere. As global transportation becomes faster and more frequent, it is inevitable that biotic intermixing will increase. Unique local biotas will become extinct only to be replaced by already widespread biotas that can tolerate human activities. This process is affecting all aspects of our world: language, economies, and ecosystems alike. The ultimate outcome is the loss of uniqueness and the growth of uniformity. In this way, fast food restaurants exist in Moscow and Java Sparrows breed on Hawaii. Biological homogenization qualifies as a global environmental catastrophe. The Earth has never witnessed such a broad and complete reorganization of species distributions.
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`Biotic Homogenization is a useful and interesting compilation. Certainly it belongs in the stacks of any library aiming to have a good natural sciences collection, and it might serve well as a textbook for courses addressing issues of biodiversity or species invasion in an in-depth fashion. Each chapter's commendable list of references cited will no doubt make life easier for a number of graduate students in the coming years, and the peer-review quality of each author's contribution makes the book a notable reference work, one which can serve as a primary source in its own right.' Rich Haydon, Lake Wenatchee and Leavenworth Ranger Districts, US Forest Service in Natural Areas Journal, 22:3 `Overall, the book addresses a very important and increasing problem and provides some very useful evidence to guide further work. I would certainly recommend it to anyone working in the field of conservation biology.' Andrew Pullin, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, UK in Biological Conservation, 103
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Biotic homogenization is the replacement of local biotas by nonindigenous and locally expanding species that can co-exist with humans (McKinney and Lockwood 1999). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
biome shape, predicting biotic homogenization, taxonomic skew, more introduced species, success among introduced avifauna, taxonomic selectivity, taxonomic homogenization, extralimital species, spatial turnover, humid forest edge, geographic range size, biological homogenization, spatial homogenization, zoogeographic provinces, global avifauna, urbanized sites, following climate change, taxon age, propagule pressure, extinction filter, urban gradient, alien pollen, sessile species, decreasing species, range collapse Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Biotic homogenization is the replacement of local biotas by nonindigenous and locally expanding species that can co-exist with humans (McKinney and Lockwood 1999). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
biome shape, predicting biotic homogenization, taxonomic skew, more introduced species, success among introduced avifauna, taxonomic selectivity, taxonomic homogenization, extralimital species, spatial turnover, humid forest edge, geographic range size, biological homogenization, spatial homogenization, zoogeographic provinces, global avifauna, urbanized sites, following climate change, taxon age, propagule pressure, extinction filter, urban gradient, alien pollen, sessile species, decreasing species, range collapse Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, New York, United States, New Zealand, American Naturalist, Biological Conservation, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, San Joaquin, South Coast, University of Chicago Press, British Isles, Great Basin, Biological Sciences, Plenum Publishers, Highland Rim, Cumberland Plateau, Kluwer Academic, North Coast, Polygonaceae Rumex, University of California, Wrangel Island, Yale University Press, John Wiley, Salton Sea New!
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- Ecology of Biological Invasions of North America and Hawaii (Ecological Studies) by Harold A. Mooney on page 124, page 153, and page 154
- Birds to Watch: The World List of Threatened Birds No. 2 (Birdlife Conservation) by N.J. Collar on page 76, page 154, and page 219
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- Conceptual Ecology and Invasion Biology: Reciprocal Approaches to Nature (Invading Nature - Springer Series in Invasion Ecology) by Marc W. Cadotte on page 57, page 445, and page 477
- Phylogeny and Conservation (Conservation Biology) by Andrew Purvis on page 15, page 165, and page 384
- Macroecology: Concepts and Consequences: 43rd Symposium of the British Ecological Society (Symposia of the British Ecological Society) by Tim M. Blackburn on page 363, and page 366
- Biodiversity: An Introduction by Kevin J. Gaston on page 136, and Back Matter
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