In the Light of Evolution, Volume II: Biodiversity and Extinction

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Table of Contents
Front Matter R1-R18
Part I: Contemporary Patterns and Processes in Animals 1-4
1 Ecological Extinction and Evolution in the Brave New Ocean--JEREMY B. C. JACKSON 5-26
2 Are We in the Midst of the Sixth Mass Extinction? A View from the World of Amphibians--DAVID B. WAKE and VANCE T. VREDENBURG 27-44
3 Patterns of Biodiversity and Endemism on Indo-West Pacific Coral Reefs--MARJORIE L. REAKA, PAULA J. RODGERS, and ALEXEI U. KUDLA 45-62
4 Homage to Linnaeus: How Many Parasites? How Many Hosts?--ANDY DOBSON, KEVIN D. LAFFERTY, ARMAND M. KURIS, RYAN F. HECHINGER, and WALTER JETZ 63-82
Part II: Contemporary Patterns and Processes in Plants and Microbes 83-84
5 Species Invasions and Extinction: The Future of Native Biodiversity on Islands--DOV F. SAX and STEVEN D. GAINES 85-106
6 How Many Tree Species Are There in the Amazon and How Many of Them Will Go Extinct?--STEPHEN P. HUBBELL, FANGLIANG HE, RICHARD CONDIT, LUIS BORDA-DE-ÁGUA, JAMES KELLNER, and HANS TER STEEGE 107-126
7 Microbes on Mountainsides: Contrasting Elevational Patterns of Bacterial and Plant Diversity--JESSICA A. BRYANT, CHRISTINE LAMANNA, HÉLÈNE MORLON, ANDREW J. KERKHOFF, BRIAN J. ENQUIST, and JESSICA L. GREEN 127-148
8 Resistance, Resilience, and Redundancy in Microbial Communities--STEVEN D. ALLISON and JENNIFER B. H. MARTINY 149-166
Part III: Trends and Processes in the Paleontological Past 167-170
9 Extinction as the Loss of Evolutionary History--DOUGLAS H. ERWIN 171-188
10 Extinction and the Spatial Dynamics of Biodiversity--DAVID JABLONSKI 189-206
11 Dynamics of Origination and Extinction in the Marine Fossil Record--JOHN ALROY 207-226
12 Megafauna Biomass Tradeoff as a Driver of Quaternary and Future Extinctions--ANTHONY D. BARNOSKY 227-242
Part IV: Prospects for the Future 243-246
13 A Phylogenetic Perspective on the Distribution of Plant Diversity--MICHAEL J. DONOGHUE 247-262
14 Phylogenetic Trees and the Future of Mammalian Biodiversity--T. JONATHAN DAVIES, SUSANNE A. FRITZ, RICHARD GRENYER, C. DAVID L. ORME, JON BIELBY, OLAF R. P. BININDA-EMONDS, MARCEL CARDILLO, KATE E. JONES, JOHN L. GITTLEMAN, GEORGINA M. MACE, and ANDY PURVIS 263-280
15 Three Ambitious (and Rather Unorthodox) Assignments for the Field of Biodiversity Genetics--JOHN C. AVISE 281-296
16 Engaging the Public in Biodiversity Issues--MICHAEL J. NOVACEK 297-316
17 Further Engaging the Public on Biodiversity Issues--PETER J. BRYANT 317-328
18 Where Does Biodiversity Go from Here? A Grim Business-as-Usual Forecast and a Hopeful Portfolio of Partial Solutions--PAUL R. EHRLICH and ROBERT M. PRINGLE 329-346
References 347-394
Index 395-414

Synthesis, a center funded by the National Science Foundation and funded by National Science Foundation Grant DEB-0072909, the University of California, and the Santa Barbara campus. This is Paleobiology Database publication no. 74.

Table of Contents

Front Matter R1-R18

Part I: Contemporary Patterns and Processes in Animals 1-4

1 Ecological Extinction and Evolution in the Brave New Ocean--JEREMY B. C. JACKSON 5-26

2 Are We in the Midst of the Sixth Mass Extinction? A View from the World of Amphibians--DAVID B. WAKE and VANCE T. VREDENBURG 27-44

3 Patterns of Biodiversity and Endemism on Indo-West Pacific Coral Reefs--MARJORIE L. REAKA, PAULA J. RODGERS, and ALEXEI U. KUDLA 45-62

4 Homage to Linnaeus: How Many Parasites? How Many Hosts?--ANDY DOBSON, KEVIN D. LAFFERTY, ARMAND M. KURIS, RYAN F. HECHINGER, and WALTER JETZ 63-82

Part II: Contemporary Patterns and Processes in Plants and Microbes 83-84

5 Species Invasions and Extinction: The Future of Native Biodiversity on Islands--DOV F. SAX and STEVEN D. GAINES 85-106

6 How Many Tree Species Are There in the Amazon and How Many of Them Will Go Extinct?--STEPHEN P. HUBBELL, FANGLIANG HE, RICHARD CONDIT, LUIS BORDA-DE-ÁGUA, JAMES KELLNER, and HANS TER STEEGE 107-126

7 Microbes on Mountainsides: Contrasting Elevational Patterns of Bacterial and Plant Diversity--JESSICA A. BRYANT, CHRISTINE LAMANNA, HÉLÈNE MORLON, ANDREW J. KERKHOFF, BRIAN J. ENQUIST, and JESSICA L. GREEN 127-148

8 Resistance, Resilience, and Redundancy in Microbial Communities--STEVEN D. ALLISON and JENNIFER B. H. MARTINY 149-166

Part III: Trends and Processes in the Paleontological Past 167-170

9 Extinction as the Loss of Evolutionary History--DOUGLAS H. ERWIN 171-188

10 Extinction and the Spatial Dynamics of Biodiversity--DAVID JABLONSKI 189-206

11 Dynamics of Origination and Extinction in the Marine Fossil Record--JOHN ALROY 207-226

12 Megafauna Biomass Tradeoff as a Driver of Quaternary and Future Extinctions--ANTHONY D. BARNOSKY 227-242

Part IV: Prospects for the Future 243-246

13 A Phylogenetic Perspective on the Distribution of Plant Diversity--MICHAEL J. DONOGHUE 247-262

14 Phylogenetic Trees and the Future of Mammalian Biodiversity--T. JONATHAN DAVIES, SUSANNE A. FRITZ, RICHARD GRENYER, C. DAVID L. ORME, JON BIELBY, OLAF R. P. BININDA-EMONDS, MARCEL CARDILLO, KATE E. JONES, JOHN L. GITTLEMAN, GEORGINA M. MACE, and ANDY PURVIS 263-280

15 Three Ambitious (and Rather Unorthodox) Assignments for the Field of Biodiversity Genetics--JOHN C. AVISE 281-296

16 Engaging the Public in Biodiversity Issues--MICHAEL J. NOVACEK 297-316

17 Further Engaging the Public on Biodiversity Issues--PETER J. BRYANT 317-328

18 Where Does Biodiversity Go from Here? A Grim Business-as-Usual Forecast and a Hopeful Portfolio of Partial Solutions--PAUL R. EHRLICH and ROBERT M. PRINGLE 329-346

References 347-394

Index 395-414