Martin L. Cody 
Plants on Islands 
Diversity and Dynamics on a Continental Archipelago

This thorough and meticulous study, the result of nearly a quarter-century of research, examines the island biogeography of plants on continental islands in Barkley Sound, British Columbia. Invaluable both because of its geographical setting and because of the duration of the study,
Plants on Islands summarizes the diversity, dynamics, and distribution of the approximately three hundred species of plants on more than two hundred islands. Martin Cody uses his extensive data set to test various aspects of island biogeographic theory. His thoughtful analysis, constrained by taxon and region, elucidates and enhances the understanding of the biogeographic patterns and dynamics. He provides an overview of the basic theory, concepts, and analytical tools of island biogeography. Also discussed are island relaxation to lower equilibrium species numbers post-isolation, plant distributions variously limited by island area, isolation and climatic differences, adaptation to local abiotic and biotic environments within islands, and the evolution of different island phenotypes. The book concludes with a valuable consideration of equilibrium concepts and of the interplay of coexistence and competition. Certain to challenge,
Plants on Islands is among the first books to critically analyze the central tenets of the theory of island biogeography.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface


1. INTRODUCTION


2. ISLANDS IN BARKLEY SOUND, BRITISH COLUMBIA

Geography and History

Geology and Topography

Climate

More Island Geography and

Topography

Flora and Vegetation

Methodological Notes


3. ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY: CONCEPTS, THEORY, AND DATA

The Basic Model

Some Embellishments

Incidence Functions

Colonization and Extinction Data

Historical Legacies

Generalities, Specifics, and Modifications

of the M/W Model


4. SPECIES NUMBER, ISLAND AREA,

AND ISOLATION

Equilibrium or Nonequilibrium Species

Numbers?

Variation in Species Counts on

Islands

Cumulative Species Numbers

Species Richness on Islands


5. NESTEDNESS AND ASSEMBLY RULES

Inferences from Species-by-Sites

Matrices

Forest Species

Shoreline Habitats

Edge Habitats


6. SPECIES TURNOVER IN SPACE AND TIME

Colonization and Extinction, Persistence

and Turnover

Species Turnover in Time, and Island

Size

Species Turnover in Space


7. DISPERSAL SYNDROMES, INCIDENCE,

AND DYNAMICS

Dispersal in Plants: Options

Ferns

Fruiting Shrubs

Hydrochores: Drifters on the Sea

Anemochores: Drifters on the Wind


8. ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY SHIFTS ON CONTINENTAL ISLANDS

Alien Invaders

Ecological Shifts in Impoverished

Biotas

Evolutionary Shifts in Isolated

Populations


9. SYNOPSIS: LESSONS FROM A CONTINENTAL ARCHIPELAGO

The Barkley Sound Scene

Is There an Equilibrium out There?

Colonization and Extinction

Dynamics

Coexistence and a Potential Role for

Competition

Adaptation, Evolution, Conservation


Appendixes

References

Index

Über den Autor

Martin L. Cody is Professor of Biology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Among the books he has coedited are Biogeography of Islands in the Sea of Cortez (2002), Long-Term Studies of Vertebrate Communities (1996), Ecology and Evolution of Communities (1985), and Habitat Selection in Birds (1975).