In the Light of Evolution Volume II: Biodiversity and Extinction (2008) / Chapter Skim
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Part II: Contemporary Patterns and Processes in Plants and Microbes
Part II: Contemporary Patterns and Processes in Plants and Microbes
Pages 83-84
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One possibility is that native plant species on islands are accumulating an extinction debt that will be paid in future species losses; alternatively, the number of native plus exotic plants on islands may reach a stable equilibrium or saturation point that is much higher than the endemics alone had been able to achieve. The authors examine the evidence pertaining to these competing hypotheses, and explore the ramifications for future plant biodiversity on islands depending on which scenario proves to be more nearly correct.
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In Chapter 7, Jessica Bryant and colleagues associated with Jessica Green tackle such problems on a mesogeographic scale by applying DNA sequence data (from the 16S ribosomal gene) and other information to questions about microbial biodiversity along an elevational habitat gradient in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
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