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003			ISI Library, Kolkata
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008			151109s2016 enk 001 0 eng c
020			_a9781118905920 (pbk.)
040			_aISI Library
082	0	4	_a571.8 _223 _bEi34
100	1		_aEichhorn, Markus P., _eauthor
245	1	0	_aNatural systems : _bthe organisation of life / _cMarkus P. Eichhorn.
260			_aChichester : _bJohn Wiley & Sons, _c2016.
300			_axxi, 368 pages : _billustrations (some color) ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction : defining nature -- 2. What is a species? -- 3. The history of life -- 4. How many species are there? -- 5. Measuring diversity -- 6. Niches -- 7. Patterns in species richness -- 8. Drivers of diversity -- 9. Does diversity matter? -- 10. Organisation at the community scale -- 11. Stability -- 12. Changes through time -- 13. Changes through space -- 14. Global patterns of life -- 15. Regional species richness -- 16. Latitudinal gradients -- 17. Earth history -- 18. Dispersal -- 19. Life on islands -- 20. Reinventing islands -- 21. What is a natural system?
520			_aOrganised into four sections, this text discusses the organisation of the living world.
650		0	_aBiotic communities.
650		0	_aLife cycles (Biology)
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